Mohamad Chatah
Mohamad Chatah | |
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Raya Haffar al-Hassan | |
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| Born | Mohamad Bahaa Chatah 7 March 1951 University of Texas |
| Website | Chatah blog |
Mohamad Chatah (
Biography
Chatah was born in
University of Texas in the United States.[3][4] Then he taught economics at his alma mater, University of Texas.[4]
In 1983 he secured a position with the
Central Bank of Lebanon.[4]
Chatah was named the
Minister of Finance of the 70th Lebanese government in July 2008 and held the position to November 2009.[7] He served as foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Saad Hariri from November 2009 to January 2011.[8] He was affiliated with the Hariri Future Movement, a Sunni political group, although he officially remained an independent figure in national politics.[5][9]
Assassination and reactions
At approximately 9:40am on 27 December 2013,[10] a car bomb struck Chatah's convoy[11][12] in the Central District of Beirut, Lebanon.[2] The bombing killed a total of eight people, among them Chatah, and injured seventy others.[13] The bomb "was estimated to weigh more than 50 kilograms and was placed inside a stolen Honda car."[10] The attack has been described as a political assassination of Chatah.[14]
The US President Barack Obama and the Secretary of State John Kerry condemned the assassination of Chatah and described it as a terrorist attack on 27 December.[15]
Publications
- Offshore gas belongs to the Lebanese, so let them see the money (Archived version)
- Mohamad Chatah's Blog
See also
- List of assassinated Lebanese politicians
References
- ^ "Meet the government". Now Lebanon. 11 July 2008. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b c "Beirut blast kills Sunni ex-minister Mohamad Chatah". BBC News. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ Robert Fisk (27 December 2013). "Mohamad Chatah - fierce critic of Assad - is murdered in Beirut". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d "HE Dr. Mohamad Bahaa Chatah". FIKR. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ a b c "Mohamad Chatah: death of 'noble figure who believed in dialogue'". Euronews. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ War in the Middle East CNN (24 July 2006)
- ^ "Former Ministers". 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
- ^ Associated Press (27 December 2013) Car bomb in Beirut kills six, including senior anti-Assad Lebanese politician Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 29 December 2013
- ^ "Beirut car bombing kills top politician". Al Jazeera. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Lebanon: Hezbollah critic Mohamad Chatah's murder blamed on Shia militant movement". The Independent. 27 December 2013. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022.
- ^ "Lebanon's Chatah -- friend of U.S., enemy of Assad, Hezbollah -- killed". CNN. 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Mohamad Chatah, Lebanese ex-minister, killed in Beirut bombing". Associated Press. 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Beirut bombing death toll rises to eight". The Daily Star. 29 December 2013. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Beirut bomb kills Lebanese ex-minister who opposed Assad". Reuters. 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Terrorist Attack and Assassination of Mohamad Chatah". US Department of State. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
External links
- Personal blog
Media related to Mohamad Chatah at Wikimedia Commons
