Marwan Hamadeh

Marwan Hamadeh (born September 11, 1939) is the former Lebanese Minister of Telecommunications. He has also held the positions of Minister of the Economy and Trade, Minister of Tourism, and Minister of Health.^[1]

Hamadeh was injured in a car bomb explosion on October 1, 2004 that killed his driver and injured his bodyguard. The blast is considered to have been the beginning of series of assassinations of Lebanese politicians and journalists. MP Marwan Hamadeh had resigned his ministerial post just weeks prior to the explosion in protest of the Syrian-backed three year extension of President Émile Lahoud's term.^[1] Hamadeh, formerly one of Syria's staunchest allies in Lebanon, became a critic of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon after Resolution 1559 was passed. Mr. Hamadeh's sister Nadia Tueni, a notable author and French poet, was married to Ghassan Tueni, UN ambassador and senior editor of the Lebanese daily, An Nahar. Their son, and MP Hamadeh's nephew, MP Gebran Tueni, was assassinated in a car bombing in Beirut in December 2005.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Syria Has Not Complied With Troop Demand on Lebanon, Annan Says". The New York Times. 1 October 2004. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/01/international/01CND-NATIONS.html. Retrieved 24 February 2011. 

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Name	Hamadi, Marwan
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Date of birth	September 11, 1939
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