Amin al-Hafez (Lebanon)

This article is about the Lebanese politician and Prime Minister. For similarly named Syrian politician, see Amin al-Hafiz.

Amin al-Hafez (Arabic: أمين الحافظ; 28 January^{[citation needed]} 1926–13 July 2009) was the prime minister of Lebanon from 25 April 1973 to 21 June 1973.^[1] He was also a long-running Member of Parliament for Tripoli in the Lebanese Parliament until 1996.

Amin al-Hafez
أمين الحافظ
Prime Minister of Lebanon
In office 25 April 1973 – 21 June 1973
President	Suleiman Frangieh
Preceded by	Saeb Salam
Succeeded by	Takieddin el-Solh
Personal details
Born	28 January[citation needed] 1926 Tripoli, Lebanon[citation needed]
Died	13 July 2009 (aged 82–83) Beirut, Lebanon
Religion	Sunni Islam

Biography

Amin al-Hafez was born in 1926.^[2] He served a turbulent two-month term as Prime Minister of Lebanon after appointment by then Lebanese President Suleiman Franjieh and opposition of the Sunni leaders who refused to recognize his appointment.^[1] He resigned after just 2 months of serving, but continued representing his constituency of Tripoli in the Parliament.^[2]

He was married to Leila Osseiran who was a novelist.^[2] They married in 1948 and had a son, Ramzi, who is a journalist.^[2] Amin al-Hafez died aged 83 after a long-running battle with an undisclosed chronic illness on 13 July 2009.^[3]