Mohammad Safadi is a Lebanese businessman who served as minister of finance under Najib Mikati between 2011 and 2014.
21 Facts About Mohammad Safadi
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Mohammad Safadi was the minister of economy and trade from 2008 to 2011.
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Mohammad Safadi's family are businesspeople, running their own firm in Tripoli.
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Mohammad Safadi is a graduate of the American University of Beirut where he received a bachelor's degree in business administration in February 1968.
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Mohammad Safadi began his career in the private sector in Lebanon in 1969.
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Mohammad Safadi expanded his business across the Arab world and into Europe in Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammad Safadi worked as business manager in London for Prince Turki bin Nasser, a member of House of Saud.
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Mohammad Safadi established Mohammad Safadi Group Holding in Lebanon in the 1990s.
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Mohammad Safadi was first elected to the Lebanese Parliament in 2000 as part of the Tripoli bloc.
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Mohammad Safadi served as the minister of public works and transport from 19 July 2005 to July 2008.
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Mohammad Safadi served as acting energy and water minister in 2007 and in 2008.
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Mohammad Safadi was reelected member of parliament in the 2009 elections on the list of the March 14 alliance.
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Mohammad Safadi was appointed minister of economy and trade to the cabinet of Saad Hariri on 9 November 2009, and his tenure lasted until June 2011.
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Mohammad Safadi did not support for Saad Hariri in the 2011 cabinet formation talks with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.
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Mohammad Safadi served as the minister of finance from 13 June 2011 to February 2014 in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
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Mohammad Safadi was the head of the Lebanese-German Parliamentary Friendship Committee and a member of the Economy Commission at the Parliament.
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The Guardian reported that Mohammad Safadi was involved in Al Yamama arms deal through an anonymous offshore company, Poseidon.
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Mohammad Safadi was allegedly used to transfer money to Safadi, who was working for Prince Turki bin Nasser, Saudi royal and an air force officer at that time.
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Mohammad Safadi was the subject of an investigation in the United Kingdom regarding his suspected involvement in arms trade, specifically in relation to international defense contracts.
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Mohammad Safadi established a foundation entitled the Mohammad Safadi Foundation in 2000.
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Mohammad Safadi is the recipient of the Order of Merit from Germany.