Order: | Prime Minister of Lebanon |
President: | Suleiman Frangieh |
Term Start: | 25 April 1973 |
Term End: | 21 June 1973 |
Predecessor: | Saeb Salam |
Successor: | Takieddin el-Solh |
Birth Date: | 1921 |
Birth Place: | Tripoli, Lebanon |
Death Date: | 13 July |
Death Place: | Beirut, Lebanon |
Blank1: | Religion |
Data1: | Sunni Islam |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Amin al-Hafez (Arabic: أمين الحافظ; 1921–13 July 2009) was the prime minister of Lebanon from 25 April 1973 to 21 June 1973.[1] He was also a long-running Member of Parliament for Tripoli in the Lebanese Parliament until 1996.
Amin al-Hafez was born in 1921.[2] He served a turbulent two-month term as Prime Minister of Lebanon after appointment by then Lebanese President Suleiman Franjieh and opposition of the Sunni leaders who refused to recognize his appointment.[1] He resigned after just 2 months of serving, but continued representing his constituency of Tripoli in the Parliament.[2]
He was married to Leila Osseiran who was a novelist.[2] They married in 1948 and had a son, Ramzi, who is a journalist.[2] Amin al-Hafez died aged 83 after a long-running battle with an undisclosed chronic illness on 13 July 2009.[3]