Ahmad Karami (Arabic: أحمد كرامي; 29 August 1944 – 5 July 2020) was a Sunni Lebanese politician and minister of state in the cabinet of Najib Mikati.[1]
Ahmad Karami
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Minister of State | |
In office 13 June 2011 – March 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Najib Mikati |
Personal details | |
Born | Ahmad Mustafa Karami 29 August 1944 Tripoli, Lebanon |
Died | 5 July 2020(2020-07-05) (aged 75) Beirut, Lebanon |
Spouse | Zeina Al Nabhani |
Children | Three |
Alma mater | Beirut Arab University |
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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 cousins of Mustafa Karami.[2]
Ahmad Karami was born in Tripoli on 29 August 1944.[1][4] He held a bachelor's degree in economics and political science which he received from Beirut Arab University in 1970.
Karami served as the director of the port of Tripoli from 1973 to 1991.[2] Then he became the deputy of Tripoli following the general election in 1996 and the 2009 general elections.[5] He was elected on Saad Hariri's list in the 2009 elections.[6]
Karami supported the premiership of Najib Mikati in 2011 after the cabinet of Saad Hariri collapsed.[7] Karami was appointed minister of state in June 2011 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Najib Mikati.[6][8] Mikati appointed him to the cabinet.[7] Karami was one of the non-affiliated members and seven Sunni ministers of the Mikati cabinet.[9][10] His term ended in March 2013 when Najib Mikati resigned due to dispute with Hezbollah members in the cabinet.[11]
Karami married 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][12]