Ahmad Karami
Lebanese politician (1944–2020)
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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]
29 August 1944
Ahmad Karami | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State | |
| In office 13 June 2011 – March 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Najib Mikati |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ahmad Mustafa Karami 29 August 1944 |
| Died | 5 July 2020 (aged 75) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Spouse | Zeina Al Nabhani |
| Children | Three |
| Beirut Arab University | |
Early life and education
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.
Career
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]
Personal life and death
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]