Ghazi Zaiter

Ghazi Zaiter (Arabic: غازي زعيتر‎; born 1949 in Qasr, Lebanon) is a Shia Lebanese member of parliament representing the Baalbeck/Hermil district. He served as Minister of Defense, Agriculture, Public Works, Industry and Social Affairs[1][2]. He is part of the Amal Movement led by Nabih Berri which is part of the opposition after the 2009 election.[3] He is married to Rola Oueidat, sister of State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat[4]. Ghazi shares 3 kids with Rola: Lama 32, Mohammed 31, and Ziad 27.

As part of the 2020 Beirut explosion, Ghazi Zaiter has been under scrutiny since, as Minister of Public Works and Transportation at the time, he had been responsible for dealing with the ship carrying 2,750 tons of ammonoum nitrate that docked on Beirut's Port in 2013. [5] In addition, breakthroughs from Al Jadeed's interview with the ship's captain, Boris Prokoshev, have brought to light that the crew's lawyer who helped them abandon the ship in Beirut had been Mohammed Zaiter, Ghazi Zaiter's son. [6] With the explosion of the ship's content in 2020, many have viewed Zaiter's inaction towards the ship as incriminating.

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References
  1. Harman, Danna & Lahoud, Lamia (2000) "Beirut may ask for Syrian troops in south Lebanon", Jerusalem Post, April 2, 2000
  2. Halawi, Dana (2009) "Zaiter urges Arab states to increase drug production", Daily Star (Lebanon), October 24, 2009, retrieved 2010-02-03
  3. "Lebanon Election Results Archived June 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine", International Foundation for Electoral Systems, retrieved 2010-02-03
  4. "Ghazi Zaiter Biography".
  5. "Ship that delivered explosive material to Beirut port was never supposed to stop there, says captain".
  6. "Al Jadeed Interview with Boris Prokoshev".
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