14 Facts About Hassan Diab

Hassan Diab is a Lebanese academic, engineer and politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon from 21 January 2020 to 10 September 2021.

Hassan Diab was appointed by President Michel Aoun in 2019 to succeed Saad Hariri as prime minister.

Hassan Diab submitted his resignation on 10 August 2020 in wake of the 2020 Beirut explosion and served as caretaker prime minister until Najib Mikati formed a new government on 10 September 2021.

Hassan Diab has a bachelor of science degree in communications engineering, which he received from Leeds Metropolitan University in 1981.

Hassan Diab has published over 150 articles and papers in scientific journals and scientific conferences.

Hassan Diab served as vice president for regional external programs at the AUB from October 2006 to June 2011.

On 13 June 2011, Hassan Diab was appointed minister of education and higher education as part of Najib Mikati's cabinet, replacing Hasan Mneimneh in the post.

Hassan Diab's term ended on 15 February 2014, and Elias Abu Saab succeeded him in the post.

Hassan Diab was designated as the next prime minister succeeding Saad Hariri on 19 December 2019, amidst the protests that had caused Hariri's resignation.

Hassan Diab is an independent, not vocally supporting any political group, and had a low public profile at the time of his appointment.

Hassan Diab then announced the new twenty-member cabinet made up of technocrats reporting that they would work on new election law, seeking an independent judiciary and the return of looted public funds.

Hassan Diab said nothing about abiding by the reforms promised by Hariri and chose to maintain the ministry of information, which Hariri had promised to abolish.

On 7 March 2020, Hassan Diab announced Lebanon would default on a sovereign debt for the first time in its history.

Hassan Diab is married to Nuwar Mawlawi and has three children.