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About Saad Hariri
- Saad El-Din Rafik Al-Hariri (Arabic: ??? ????? ???? ????????; born 18 April 1970) is a Lebanese politician who has been the Prime Minister of Lebanon since December 2016.
- He was also the Prime Minister from November 2009 to June 2011.
- He is the second son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, who was assassinated in 2005.
- Hariri has also been the leader of the Future Movement party since 2005.
- He is seen as "the strongest figurehead" of the March 14 Alliance.
- After three years living overseas, he returned to Lebanon on 8 August 2014 and was designated Prime Minister on 3 November 2016.
- Hariri's surprise announcement of an intent to resign, broadcast on 4 November 2017 on Saudi state TV, has widely been seen as part of the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict in Lebanon, and triggered a dispute between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
- The resignation was later suspended, following President Michel Aoun's request to "put it on hold ahead of further consultations".
- On October 29, 2019, amid the 2019 Lebanese protests, Hariri announced his resignation, and that of his cabinet.
