Shafik Wazzan
Shafik Wazzan | |
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شفيق الوزان | |
 Wazzan in 1983 | |
| Prime Minister of Lebanon | |
| In office 25 October 1980 – 30 April 1984 | |
| President | Élias Sarkis Bachir Gemayel Amine Gemayel |
| Preceded by | Takieddin el-Solh |
| Succeeded by | Rashid Karami |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 January 1925 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Died | 8 July 1999 (aged 74) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | 2 |
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Shafik Al-Wazzan (Arabic: شفيق الوزان, January 16, 1925 – July 8, 1999) was a Lebanese politician who served as the 27th Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1980 until 1984. In December 1991, Wazzan was wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Beirut neighborhood of Basta Al Fouka (where he lived) as he was passing through in an armored car.[1]
Biography
After political strife had left Lebanon without a government for 137 days, Wazzan was urged into office.[2] He oversaw the withdrawal of Palestinian guerillas from Beirut in 1982.
Wazzan had a son (Dr. Wassim Al Wazzan) and a daughter. He died in 1999 at the age of 74.
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