Rafik Hariri

Rafik Baha ad-Din Hariri (رفيق بهاءالدين الحريري; November 1, 1944 – February 14, 2005) was a Lebanese billionaire and businessman. He was also the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998, and he became Prime Minister again in 2000. But in October 20, 2004, he quit his job. He helped a lot in rebuilding Beirut, which was damaged from the fighting during the civil war.

Hariri was killed on February 14, 2005. One thousand kilograms of TNT exploded 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 it is done with help from the United Nations. Serge Brammertz is leading this investigation. Many people in Lebanon said that the government of Syria and its allies did it. So far, Brammertz said that DNA evidence collected from the exploded area shows that the killing was done by a young man who blew himself up at the time.