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
editKarami 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
editKarami 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
editKarami 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.