What is Rafik Hariri?
[[File:Rafik hariri memorial shrine.jpg|thumbnail|250px|Shrine and resting place for Hariri in September 2005]] '''Rafik Baha ad-Din Hariri''' ({{lang-ar|رفيق بهاءالدين الحريري}}; November 1, 1944 – February 14, 2005) was a Lebanese billionaire and businessman. He was [[Prime Minister]] of [[Lebanon]] from 1992 to 1998, and he became Prime Minister again in 2000. But on October 20, 2004, he quit his job. He helped a lot in rebuilding Beirut, which was damaged from the fighting during the [[Lebanese Civil War|civil war]]. == Death == Hariri was killed along with 21 other people on February 14, 2005 by a truck bomb. A thousand kilograms of [[Trinitrotoluene|TNT]] exploded [[car bomb|in a van]] near his car. His car was passing through St. George Hotel in the Lebanese capital, [[Beirut]]. People are still trying to learn who did it, and the [[United Nations]] have helped to investigate. [[Serge Brammertz]] is leading this investigation. Many people in Lebanon said that the government of [[Syria]] and its allies did it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20061119-102612-1990r.htm|title=www.washtimes.com|publisher=}}</ref> So far, Brammertz said that DNA evidence collected from the exploded area shows that the killing was done by a young man who [[suicide bombing|blew himself up]] at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2006/12/203802-un-probe-murder-former-lebanese-leader-nears-sensitive-stage-inquiry-chief|title=UN probe into murder of former Lebanese leader nears sensitive stage – inquiry chief|date=18 December 2006|website=UN News|access-date=11 February 2019|archive-date=30 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430111020/https://news.un.org/en/story/2006/12/203802-un-probe-murder-former-lebanese-leader-nears-sensitive-stage-inquiry-chief|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hariri, Rafik}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2005 deaths]] [[Category:Assassinated Lebanese people]] [[Category:Billionaires]] [[Category:Lebane