Former prime minister of Lebanon (1900–1971)

Hussein Al Oweini (Arabic: حسين العويني; 24 December 1900 – 11 January 1971) was a Lebanese businessman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Lebanon twice. He also held other cabinet positions.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Personal life and death
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Early life

Oweini was born in 1900. He was a member of a Sunni family from Beirut.

Career

Oweini went to Saudi Arabia and worked there as a business agent for the House of Saud from 1923 to 1947. He founded a company, Ne'ma Te'ma, in Riyadh. He was the minister of finance from July 1948 to June 1951. He was first appointed interim prime minister on 14 February 1951 under president Bechara El Khoury succeeding Riad Al Solh in the post. Oweini was in office until 7 April 1951 and succeeded by Abdullah Arif Yafi. In 1951 Oweini cofounded BLOM Bank in Lebanon.

On 27 September 1957, Oweini and two other former prime ministers, Saeb Salam and Abdallah El-Yafi, were arrested on charges of planning an armed coup and riots during the elections held in May. Oweini's second term as prime minister was from 20 February 1964 to 25 July 1965 under president Charles Helou. Both his predecessor and successor was Rashid Karami as prime minister. Oweini was the leader of the National Front. He also served as the minister of foreign affairs and emigrants for three separate terms, from 1958 to 1960, in 1965, and 1968 to 1969. During his third term as foreign minister, Oweini also acted as minister of national defense.

Personal life and death

One of Oweini's children is Nada Oweini who is one of the share holders of the BLOM Bank and the wife of Saudi-Lebanese businessman Gh*an Chaker. He died on 11 January 1971, aged 70. After his death, the Hussein Al Oweini Award was named in his honor.

References

External links

Media related to Hussein Al Oweini at Wikimedia Commons