Fouad siniora biography template

Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2005 to 2009

Fouad Siniora^[a] (Arabic: فؤاد السنيورة, romanized: Fu'ād as-Sanyūrah; born 19 July 1943) is a Lebanese politician.

He served as the 12th prime minister of Lebanon from 2005 to 2009. He served as minister of Finance from 2000 to 2004.

Early career

In the 1970s, Sanioura worked for Citibank and taught at the American University of Beirut, his alma mater,^[1] and at the Lebanese University.^[2]

Member of National Assembly

He served as Minister of State for Financial Affairs from 1992 to 1998, and as Minister of Finance from 2000 to 2004.^[3]

Prime minister

After the victory of the anti-Syrian opposition in parliamentary elections held in May and June 2005, Fouad Siniora was asked by President Émile Lahoud on 30 June 2005 to form a government.

He resigned from the chairmanship of Group Méditerranée (a banking holding controlled by the Hariri famil