In the history of public life, Rafiq Hariri is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Rafiq Hariri as Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992–1998, 2000–2004).
Rafiq Hariri was born at Sidon in 1944. He was educated at Beirut Arab University.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
He worked as politician and entrepreneur.
Political reputations are settled slowly, and rarely by the people who made them.
Recognition followed: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour.
Rafiq Hariri died in 2005, aged 61. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Educated at Beirut Arab University
- Worked as politician and entrepreneur
