Basil Fuleihan 1963-2005

by Peter Grimsditch May 1, 2005

written by Peter Grimsditch May 1, 2005

If former Premier Rafic Hariri provided the grand plans and vision for how he thought Lebanon could and should grow into a modern prosperous state, Basil Fuleihan injected the precision, the research, the experience and the knowledge to put those ideas into practice. Although most recently remembered as a deputy and former Minister of Economy and Trade, Fuleihan was also recognized as a brilliant academic from the moment he graduated with distinction from the American University of Beirut in 1984 as a Bachelor of Arts in economics. He was just 41 when he died in the Percy military hospital in Paris, 64 days after the February 14 murderous blast at St Georges that claimed the life of his friend and patron Hariri, as well as 19 others. Before becoming a deputy on Hariri’s Beirut ticket in the 2000 elections, Fuleihan had carved out a career and a reputation as a

Basil Fuleihan Obituary

Peter Grimsditch

Journalist, editor, and author Peter Grimsditch’s career began at his college's student publication and led him to become the founding editor of Britain’s Daily Star. He later worked in New York and Turkey as as a correspondent, eventually becoming the No. 2 editor at Lebanon’s Daily Star before inheriting the editorship.

Basil Fuleihan 1963-2005

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