Ahmad Karami

Ahmad Mustafa Karami (29 August 1944 – 5 July 2020) was a Sunni Lebanese politician and minister of state in the cabinet of Najib Mikati.[1]

Ahmad Karami
أحمد كرامي
Minister of State
In office
13 June 2011 – March 2013
Prime MinisterNajib Mikati
Personal details
Born29 August 1944
Tripoli, Lebanon
Died5 July 2020(2020-07-05) (aged 75)
Beirut, Lebanon
NationalityLebanese
Spouse(s)Zeina Al Nabhani
ChildrenThree
Alma materBeirut 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 his cousins.[2][4]

Ahmad Karami was born in Tripoli on 29 August 1944.[1][5] He held a bachelor's degree in economics and political science, which he received from the Beirut Arab University in 1970.

Career

Karami served as the director of Tripoli's port from 1973 to 1991.[2] Then he became the deputy of Tripoli in the 1996 and 2009 general elections.[6][7] He was elected on Saad Hariri's list in the 2009 elections.[8]

Karami supported the premiership of Mikati in 2011 after the cabinet of Saad Hariri collapsed.[9] Karami was appointed minister of state in June 2011 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Najib Mikati.[8][10] Mikati appointed him to the cabinet.[9] Karami was one of the non-affiliated members of the Mikati cabinet.[11] He was also among seven Sunni ministers in the cabinet.[12] His term ended in March 2013 when prime minister Najib Mikati resigned due to dispute with Hezbollah members in the cabinet.[13]

Personal life

Karami was married to 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][14]

References
  1. "Former Minister Ahmad Karami passed away". NNA. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. Itamar Rabinovich (1 September 1989). Middle East Contemporary Survey, 1987: 1985. The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 531. ISBN 978-0-8133-0925-5. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  3. Joseph, Suad (July 2011). "Political Familism in Lebanon". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 636: 150–163. doi:10.1177/0002716211398434.
  4. "Jumblatt Remains with March 14 Despite Talks with Berri, While Hariri Reportedly Meets with Hizballah". Wikileaks. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  5. "Ahmad Karami's profile". Katagogi. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  6. "MP Ahmed Karami says has priority to get the Sunni cabinet seat". Ya Libnan. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  7. "Elections in Lebanon" (PDF). IFES. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  8. "Lebanon announces cabinet line-up". Now Lebanon. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  9. "Minister karami: No one can mess with STL's affairs". Ya Libnan. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  10. "Ahmad Karami". Beirut. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  11. "The New Lebanese Government" (Assessment Report). Lebanese Information Center. July 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  12. "Lebanon's Mikati cabinet profiles, shares and sectarian allocations". Lebanonwire. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  13. Laila Bassam (22 March 2013). "Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati resigns". Reuters. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  14. "Former minister Ahmad Karami passes away". MTV Lebanon. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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