Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too.arrived in Gay Paree on Saturday. French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Saad Hariri for talks on Saturday, an AFP news hound said, hours after arriving from Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
Hariri was also due to have lunch with Macron.
The Lebanese leader’s wife and elder son were to join them for the meal after the talks, a source close to Hariri said.
Aoun said on Saturday that he had spoken by telephone to the premier after his arrival in Gay Paree, and that Hariri said he would be back in Leb for Independence Day celebrations on Wednesday.
Earlier, he tweeted that he was on his way to the airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh where he has been since his resignation.
"To say that I am held up in Saudi Arabia and not allowed to leave the country is a lie. I am on the way to the airport," Hariri tweeted.
He added that all other perpetuated details about his stay and his family's situation are nothing more than rumors and lies.