Ahmad Karami | |
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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 Beirut, Lebanon | (aged 75)
Spouse | Zeina Al Nabhani |
Children | Three |
Alma mater | Beirut Arab University |
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]
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.
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]
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]