Yasma Fuleihan

by Executive Editors May 23, 2006

written by Executive Editors May 23, 2006

The February 14 bombing that killed Rafik Hariri and turned Lebanon upside-down also threw a spotlight on the achievements of Basil Fuleihan, the quiet man behind the Paris I and II agreements as well as much of Hariri’s economic policies. Fuleihan had been sitting next to Hariri when the bomb exploded. Miraculously, and despite being horribly burned, he survived the blast. He was flown to France but, despite the best care available and the efforts of specialist Dr. Herve Carsin, Fuleihan succumbed to his injuries on April 18. The country has commemorated the first anniversary of his death. The Finance Ministry’s Finance and Economic Institute has been renamed in his honor, and the Prime Minister, Dr. Carsin, and many others joined in a candle-light march to dedicate a square near the Phoenicia hotel in his honor. His widow Yasma Fuleihan has stepped out from her private existence to head the

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Yasma Fuleihan

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