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REPORT: Former PM Omar Karami passes away aged 80

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01-01-2015 | 04:20

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REPORT: Former PM Omar Karami passes away aged 80

Former Prime Minister Omar Karami passed away overnight Wednesday aged 80 after a long battle with illness.

The family issued a statement on Thursday in which it confirmed the death of PM Omar Karami.

“We have lost a precious person and the best husband, father and grandfather,” the statement read.

Karamai was Prime Minister of Lebanon for the first in 1990, when Selim al-Hoss gave up power, and resigned in 1992 due to economic instability.

He was sworn in again on 26 October 2004 and resigned on 19 April 2005, following protests after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.

Accordingly, Prime Minister Tammam Salam declared three days of national mourning over Karami's death, adding that flags will fly at half-mast for three days at all public institutions.

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