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Shafik Wazzan

Shafik Wazzan

Prime Minister of Lebanon

Shafik Al-Wazzan (Arabic: شفيق الوزان, January 16, 1925 – July 8, 1999) was a Lebanese politician who served as the 27th Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1980 until 1984. In December 1991, Wazzan was wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Beirut neighborhood of Basta Al Fouka (where he lived) as he was passing through in an armored car.[1]

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Biography

After political strife had left Lebanon without a government for 137 days, Wazzan was urged into office.[2] He oversaw the withdrawal of Palestinian guerillas from Beirut in 1982. The next year he successfully negotiated for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon.

Wazzan had a son (Dr. Wassim Al Wazzan) and a daughter. He died in 1999 at the age of 74.

References

  1. [1]
    Asian Bulletin. APACL Publications. 1992. p. 64.
  2. [2]
    O'Ballance, E. (1998-10-21). Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-92. Springer. pp. 99–103. ISBN 978-0-230-37468-3.
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