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Lebanon's ex-Premier Hariri quits politics

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Jan 24, 2022
Lebanon's former Prime Minister Saad Hariri gestures to the crowd after a press conference in the capital, Beirut, on Jan. 24, 2022.
Lebanon's former Prime Minister Saad Hariri gestures to the crowd after a press conference in the capital, Beirut, on Jan. 24, 2022. Hariri, 51, announced he would not run in the upcoming parliamentary elections and was withdrawing from political life. — ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images

Saad Hariri, the three-time former prime minister of Lebanon, announced Monday that he is quitting politics and does not plan to run in the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections. 

Hariri, 51, said in a televised address that he would "suspend any role in power, politics and parliament."

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