| Fouad Siniora فؤاد السنيورة | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 19 July 2005 | |
| President | Émile Lahoud Michel Sleiman |
| Deputy | Elias Murr |
| Preceded by | Najib Mikati |
| Born | 14 April 1943 Sidon, Lebanon |
| Political party | Movement of the Future |
| Spouse | Huda Siniora |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Fouad Siniora (alternative spellings: Fouad Sanyoura, Fuad Siniora, Fouad Saniora, Fouad Seniora) (Arabic: فؤاد السنيورة, Fu'ād As-Sanyūrah) is the Prime Minister of Lebanon, a position he held from 19 July 2005 to May 25, 2008, the date of the election of the new President of Lebanon; he was renominated to the post on 28 May 2008 and held the post as Acting Prime Minister between those dates. This page lists Prime ministers of Lebanon. By an unwritten agreement following independence the holder of this post must be a Sunni Muslim. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. General Émile Jamil Lahoud ( اميل لحود; born 12 January 1936 is a former President of Lebanon. Michel Suleiman or Sleiman ( ميشال سليمان, born 21 November 1948) is the current President of Lebanon. Elias Murr (إلياس المرّ (born 1962 in Bteghrine) is the current Lebanese Defense Minister and vice Prime Minister. Najib Mikati (نجيب ميقاتي (born November 24 1955) is an international businessman and a former Prime Minister of Lebanon. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sidon,or Saïda, ( Arabic ar صيدا; Phoenician phoenician yodh Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Future Movement ( Arabic: تيار المستقبل Tayyar Al Mustaqbal) (FM is a Lebanese Political movement in Lebanon, led by Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language This page lists Prime ministers of Lebanon. By an unwritten agreement following independence the holder of this post must be a Sunni Muslim. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common This page lists presidents of Lebanon Though it is not specifically stated in the constitution an unwritten understanding known as the National Pact (al-mithaq al-watani agreed in 1943 Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
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Early Life
Siniora was born into a poor Sunni Muslim family in Sidon in 14 April 1943. Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Sidon,or Saïda, ( Arabic ar صيدا; Phoenician phoenician yodh Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He went on to earn a degree in business administration from the American University of Beirut. The American University of Beirut (AUB الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت is a private independent University in Beirut, Lebanon. After working for Citibank and teaching at his alma mater in Beirut in the 1970s, Siniora worked for the Central Bank's audit committee before being employed by Prime Minister Hariri in 1982 in his rapidly growing business empire. Citibank is a major international Bank, founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, later First National City Bank of New York. Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Siniora was Minister of Finance for most of the post-war period in Lebanon in Hariri's successive cabinets.
Member of National Assembly
Fouad Siniora has strong ties with international finance. Strongly pro-business, he is considered a partisan of free trade. Free trade is a system in which the trade of goods and services between or within countries flows unhindered by government-imposed restrictions He was a close adviser to late Rafik Hariri and he is very close to his son Saad Hariri. Saad ed Deen Rafiq al Hariri (سعد الدين رفيق الحريري (born April 18, 1970 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is a Saudi He served as finance minister from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2004. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Siniora was the main designer of the Paris II conference in November 2002 which allowed Lebanon to get US$2. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 6 billion. He was accused of corruption and mismanagement after Hariri's ousting in 1998, in what was mainly viewed as a conflict between Hariri and President Émile Lahoud. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) This page lists presidents of Lebanon Though it is not specifically stated in the constitution an unwritten understanding known as the National Pact (al-mithaq al-watani agreed in 1943 General Émile Jamil Lahoud ( اميل لحود; born 12 January 1936 is a former President of Lebanon. Siniora was cleared of all charges in 2003 by the parliament. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. In 2002, he abolished most of Lebanon's duty taxes and introduced a Value Added Tax in a country where the minimum wage is equivalent to US$120 and where social welfare is almost non-existent. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Value added tax ( VAT) or goods and services tax ( GST) is a consumption Tax levied on value added. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been
Prime Minister
After the victory of the anti-Syrian opposition in parliamentary elections held in May and June 2005, Fouad Siniora was asked by President Lahoud on 30 June to form a government. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Elections in Lebanon gives information on Election and election results in Lebanon. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper He resigned from the chairmanship of Group Méditerranée (a banking holding controlled by the Hariri family). After laborious negotiations with the President and the different political forces, Siniora formed a government on July 19, 2005. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It is the first government formed after the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon and the first government to include members of Hezbollah. The Cedar Revolution ( Arabic: ثورة الأرز - thawrat al-arz) or Independence Intifada ( intifāḍat al-istiqlāl) was a chain of demonstrations Hezbollah (حزب الله, literally " party of God " is a Shi'a Islamic political and Paramilitary organisation With regards to Hezbollah, the Siniora cabinet's official stance is that "The government considers the resistance a natural and honest expression of the Lebanese people’s national rights to liberate their land and defend their honour against Israeli aggression and threats". This stance changed during the Israely July 2006 war on Lebanon, when Siniora ordered the army to block any weapon load from reaching Hezbollah. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Hezbollah (حزب الله, literally " party of God " is a Shi'a Islamic political and Paramilitary organisation On the other hand, the Siniora cabinet has also been working alongside the March 14 Alliance towards a peaceful disarmament of the Hezbollah military wing through an internal political process. The March 14 Alliance ( تحالف 14 آذار) or M14, named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, is a coalition of Anti-Syrian political Apart from General Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement , Hezbollah and the Amal movement, both major Shi'a parties, left the government. Michel Naim Aoun ( Arabic: ميشال عون (born 19 february 1935 in Haret Hreik, Lebanon) is a former Lebanese The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM ( Arabic: التيار الوطني الحر Al-Tayyar Al-Watani Al-Hur) also known as the "Aounist Current" (Arabic Hezbollah (حزب الله, literally " party of God " is a Shi'a Islamic political and Paramilitary organisation As a result there are no Shi'a minsters left in the Cabinet and fewer mainstream parties are represented.
In April, 2006, Siniora and leading officials paid a high profile visit to Washington, DC, and met with President George W. Bush and a number of cabinet members of the Bush Administration. His public pronouncements have been relatively mute with regard to Syria's alleged involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005.
On 27 July 2006, Siniora presented the 7-point Siniora Plan at a 15-nation conference in Rome as a solution to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Siniora Plan was the unofficial name of the 7-point truce plan for the 2006 Lebanon War (the July War that was presented by Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Siniora Background See also Israel-Lebanon conflict The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO had engaged in cross-border attacks from Southern Lebanon He famously lost control and sobbed for a few seconds during his address to Arab League diplomats in Beirut during the July 2006 war as he described the fate of civilians in Southern Lebanon --then rapidly regained his composure after being applauded. [1]
On 12 August, he cautiously welcomed a new UN agreement, as voted for by the UN security council. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
Opposition to the Siniora Government
On November 13, 2006, ministers backed by Hezbollah, President Lahoud, and Amal resigned from Siniora's cabinet to protest the fact that decisions were taken on the backs. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Although the resigned ministers were only 6, nearly 45% of the Lebanese MPs belong to the opposition. Unlike Western democracies, no party in Lebanon has ever had a monopoly on power and decision-making. The Lebanese opposition claims that this resignation means that the Siniora Government is not a legitimate one because it does not represents all religious groups in Lebanon, namely the Shiite Lebanese. Siniora says that, according to the constitution, the government is legal as long as it has two thirds of the ministers, and so the Siniora government is still totally legal cabinet. Opposition demands an increase in opposition representation in the cabinet, sufficient to hold veto power over decision making, as their requirement for returning. The government and the West see this as a Syrian-orchestrated move to block the establishment of the Hariri tribunal.
On December 1, 2006, the opposition, primarily the pro-Syrian Shiite parties of Amal and Hezbollah, and the mainly Christian Free Patriotic Movement of Michael Aoun, launched a campaign of street demonstrations with the goal of getting veto power and creating a national unity government. The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM ( Arabic: التيار الوطني الحر Al-Tayyar Al-Watani Al-Hur) also known as the "Aounist Current" (Arabic Michel Naim Aoun ( Arabic: ميشال عون (born 19 february 1935 in Haret Hreik, Lebanon) is a former Lebanese AFter the Doha Agreement, the street demonstrations came to an end after two years. Recent negotiations between Saudi Arabia which supports Siniora, and Iran which supports the opposition, show promise of producing a power sharing compromise for the country, but Siniora, with strong support by the Arab countries, the United States, France, and the United Nations, in addition to the Lebanese Parliamental Majority, remains opposed to giving the opposition a veto-wielding block in the cabinet.
See also
- Fouad Siniora's 2005-2008 cabinet
- Position of Lebanon in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
- Siniora Plan
References
- ^ Siniora's Tears, Asharq Alawsat Newspaper. This is the list of the Lebanese government that was formed by Fouad Siniora on 19 July 2005 who was appointed by then president Émile Lahoud. Lebanon's position in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict has from the start been to disavow the Hezbollah shelling and raid on 12 July, while calling for The Siniora Plan was the unofficial name of the 7-point truce plan for the 2006 Lebanon War (the July War that was presented by Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Siniora
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