Shafik Wazzan

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Biography

After political strife had left Lebanon without a government for 137 days, Wazzan was urged into office.[2] He oversaw the withdrawal of Palestinian guerillas from Beirut in 1982.

Wazzan died in 1999 at the age of 74. He was survived by a son and a daughter.

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Political offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Prime Minister of Lebanon
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