Rafiq Hariri

Rafiq Hariri was a Lebanese businessman and politician who served as prime minister from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2004. He played a major role in Lebanon’s postwar political and economic reconstruction, while also supporting education through scholarships and schools. Hariri was assassinated in Beirut on February 14, 2005, alongside others in a large car-bomb attack.