Lebanon: Veteran Politician Selim Al- Hoss Named As New Lebanese Prime Minister

Record ID: 4041

  • Title: Lebanon: Veteran Politician Selim Al- Hoss Named As New Lebanese Prime Minister
  • Date: 2nd December 1998
  • Summary: New President Emile Lahoud has named veteran politician Selim al-Hoss as Lebanon's Prime Minister, replacing billionaire Rafik al-Hariri who led six years of post-civil war reconstruction. A presidential palace statement on December 2 1998 said Lahoud had chosen the 68-year-old Hoss to form the cabinet after he was backed by 95 of parliament's 128 members. Construction tycoon Hariri refused on November 30 to carry on under the forceful Lahoud, shocking Lebanon's financial markets
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  • Location: LEBANON BEIRUT
  • Reuters ID: LDL00129RC6QZ
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