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Hassan Diab
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Lebanese engineer, academic and minister of higher education
Key facts
- President
- Michel Aoun
- Deputy
- Zeina Akar
- Preceded by
- Saad Hariri
- Succeeded by
- Najib Mikati
- Prime minister
- Najib Mikati
- Born
- ( 1959-06-01 ) 1 June 1959 (age 67) , Beirut , Lebanon
- Party
- Independent
- Spouse
- Nuwar Mawlawi
- Alma mater
- Leeds Metropolitan University University of Surrey University of Bath
- Website
- hassandiab .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ḥassān
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Lebanon
- Place of birth
- Beirut
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Lebanon
- Educated at
- University of Bath
- Employer
- American University of Beirut
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Image
- Hassan Diab, February 2020 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1959-06-01
- name in native language
- حسان دياب
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Encyclopedic overview
Hassan Diab (Arabic: حَسَّان دِيَاب, romanized: Hassān Diyāb; born 1 June 1959) is a Lebanese academic, engineer and politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Lebanon from 21 January 2020 to 10 September 2021. He was appointed by President Michel Aoun in 2019 to succeed Saad Hariri as prime minister. He submitted his resignation on 10 August 2020 in wake of the 2020 Beirut explosion and served as caretaker prime minister until Najib Mikati formed a new government on 10 September 2021. Prior to his premiership, he served as the minister of education from June 2011 to February 2014 under President Michel Suleiman.
Early life and education
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