Ahmad Karami (Arabic: أحمد كرامي; 29 August 1944 – 5 July 2020) was a Sunni Lebanese politician and minister of state in the cabinet of Najib Mikati.[1]
Ahmad Karami | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State | |
| In office 13 June 2011 – March 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Najib Mikati |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ahmad Mustafa Karami 29 August 1944 Tripoli, Lebanon |
| Died | 5 July 2020 (aged 75) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Spouse | Zeina Al Nabhani |
| Children | Three |
| Alma mater | Beirut Arab University |
Early life and education edit
Karami was from a powerful political family based in Tripoli.[2][3] His father, Mustafa Karami, founded the National Youth Party in 1933.[2] Former Prime Ministers Rashid Karami and Omar Karami were both cousins of Mustafa Karami.[2]
Ahmad Karami was born in Tripoli on 29 August 1944.[1][4] He held a bachelor's degree in economics and political science which he received from Beirut Arab University in 1970.
Career edit
Karami served as the director of the port of Tripoli from 1973 to 1991.[2] Then he became the deputy of Tripoli following the general election in 1996 and the 2009 general elections.[5] He was elected on Saad Hariri's list in the 2009 elections.[6]
Karami supported the premiership of Najib Mikati in 2011 after the cabinet of Saad Hariri collapsed.[7] Karami was appointed minister of state in June 2011 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Najib Mikati.[6][8] Mikati appointed him to the cabinet.[7] Karami was one of the non-affiliated members and seven Sunni ministers of the Mikati cabinet.[9][10] His term ended in March 2013 when Najib Mikati resigned due to dispute with Hezbollah members in the cabinet.[11]
Personal life and death edit
Karami married Zeina Al Nabhani and had three children. He died on 5 July 2020 at the hospital of American University of Beirut following a sudden illness.[1][12]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Former Minister Ahmad Karami passed away". NNA. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d Itamar Rabinovich; Haim Shaked, eds. (1989). Middle East Contemporary Survey, 1987: 1985. Vol. 9. Tel Aviv: The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 531. ISBN 978-0-8133-0925-5.
- ^ Suad Joseph (July 2011). "Political Familism in Lebanon". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 636: 150–163. doi:10.1177/0002716211398434. S2CID 145269097.
- ^ "Ahmad Karami's profile". Katagogi. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ "Elections in Lebanon" (PDF). IFES. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Lebanon announces cabinet line-up". Now Lebanon. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Minister karami: No one can mess with STL's affairs". Ya Libnan. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "Ahmad Karami". Beirut. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "The New Lebanese Government" (PDF). Lebanese Information Center. July 2011. Archived from the original (Assessment Report) on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Lebanon's Mikati cabinet profiles, shares and sectarian allocations". Lebanonwire. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ Laila Bassam (22 March 2013). "Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati resigns". Reuters. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Former minister Ahmad Karami passes away". MTV Lebanon. Retrieved 6 July 2020.