Fawzi Franso Toma Hariri (born 1958 in Arbil, Iraq) is an Assyrian politician and former Iraq Minister of Industry.
Fawzi Franso Toma Hariri | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Industry of Iraq | |
| In office 2006–2010 | |
| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Prime Minister | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Tofiq Rahim |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Nasser Dali Al-Karbouli |
| Parliamentary group | Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan |
| Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 2003–2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 Arbil, Iraq |
| Political party | Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan |
| Other political affiliations | Assyrian Universal Alliance, Assyrian National Congress |
| Occupation | Politician |
Despite inaccurately being labeled as Kurdish throughout different media reports, Hariri is of Assyrian origin and son of the politician Franso Hariri (1937–2001).[1] For 24 years, Fawzi lived in London where he was active in Assyrian, Kurdish, and Iraqi politics. He is a founding member of BNDP - Iraq, and a former member of the Assyrian National Congress (ANC) and the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA).
He was appointed Iraq's Minister of Industry and served from 2006-2010, after being elected in the December 2005 elections as a member of the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan. Prior to that, he was a Senior Diplomat and Chief of Staff of Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2003-2005).
An attempt on his life in October 2006 killed three bodyguards and injured 11 others, though Mr. Hariri was not in the traveling convoy at the time of the explosions.[2] The attack in Baghdad occurred in the Assyrian Quarter of Dora, where twin car bombs went off within minutes.[3]
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