Rafic Bahaa El Deen al-Hariri, also known as Rafiq al-Hariri, was a Lebanese businessman and politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until he resigned on 20 October 2004, before his assassination in 2005.
Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, called Sultan the Good in Saudi Arabia, was the Saudi defense minister from 1963 to 2011 and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 2005 until his death in October 2011.
Hariri is a surname and derivative of harir which indicates a mercantile background at one point in that field.
Saad El-Din Rafik Al-Hariri is a Lebanese-Saudi businessman and politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon from 2009 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020. The son of Rafic Hariri, he founded and has been leading the Future Movement party since 2007. He is seen as "the strongest figurehead" of the March 14 Alliance.
The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) is a bank in Kuwait established in 1952. It is the largest financial institution in Kuwait. It has branches and subsidiaries in China, Geneva, London, Paris, New York and Singapore and a regional presence across the Middle East in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Future Movement is a Lebanese political party affiliated with the Sunni sect. The party was founded as a coalition in 1995 led by Rafic Hariri which was known as the Hariri Bloc but was officially founded in 2007. The party is led by Saad Hariri.
Najd National Schools is one of the main educational institutions located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is in the northern part of the capital, Riyadh, and is built in a very prominent part of the city; between King Fahd Street and Olaya Street which are some of the most used streets in Riyadh. The school was first built in 1983 by Mr Rafic Hariri as a contribution to community development. The current principal of Najd National Schools is "Bander Ibn Saud Almogbel", past principals include "Khalid Ibn Ibrahim Abanmi", "Dr. Zaid bin Muhammed Albattal", "Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Alsaikhan " and "Fayez Abdullah Alsaweed".
Hind Rafic al-Hariri is the youngest child of Lebanese businessman and politician Rafic Hariri. She graduated from the Lebanese American University in Beirut and campaigned for her half-brother Saad in Lebanese elections. In 2008, Forbes magazine listed her as "one of the world's youngest billionaires".
Bahaa El-Dine Rafic Al-Hariri is a Lebanese-Saudi billionaire businessman. He is the eldest son of assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, from his father's first marriage with Nida Bustani, an Iraqi. He is the brother of former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
Sama LelTayaran Company Limited, operating as Sama, was a Saudi low-cost airline based at King Fahad International Airport in Dammam, operating scheduled flights within Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. The airline's registered address was in Riyadh.
Maan Abdul Wahed Al-Sanea is a Saudi businessman of Kuwaiti origin. In 1980, he founded the Saad Group, a conglomerate with operations in construction & engineering, real estate development, financial services and investments. He has also founded a private hospital, several educational facilities and a support center for special-needs children and their families. It is alleged that he funded all this by defrauding his wife's family, the Al Gosaibis.
Abdulaziz bin Fahd Al Saud is a Saudi prince, and a son of former King Fahd.
Lebanese people in Saudi Arabia have a population exceeding 120,000 and other estimates report a total of 269,000 Lebanese in Saudi Arabia. Lebanese people form one of the largest community of non-citizen Arabs in Saudi Arabia. In addition, an increasing number of Lebanese students seeking education and career opportunities opted for the country in light of its relatively reputable institutions across the Middle East.
2–8a Rutland Gate is a large terraced house on Rutland Gate in the Knightsbridge district of London, overlooking Hyde Park. It was formerly four houses and built as 2 Rutland Gate and 4–8a Rutland Gate, but the houses were converted into a single property during the mid 1980s.
Ayman Rafic Hariri is a Lebanese billionaire businessman, the second-youngest son of tycoon Rafic Hariri. He is the CEO and co-founder of the social network Vero, and the former deputy CEO of Saudi Oger.
Fadi Ghandour is a Lebanese Jordanian entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is the Executive Chairman of Wamda, a platform that builds and invests in entrepreneurship ecosystems across the Middle East and North Africa, Turkey and East Africa through Ecosystem Development programs and a venture capital fund investing in technology-enabled companies that operate in these markets.
In 2017, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri abruptly announced his resignation while he was in Saudi Arabia on 4 November 2017. Shortly thereafter, the foreign relations between both countries and allied regional neighbors became increasingly strained. On 6 November, Saudi Arabia claimed Lebanon declared war between the two states, despite leaders of Lebanon stating otherwise. On 9 November, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates asked their citizens to leave Lebanon. The conflict is thought to be part of the larger Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict.
The Hariri family is a prominent family from Lebanon, involved in politics and business. They are Jordan's largest real estate property investors.
