Mohamad Chatah

former minister of finance and ambassador to the United States (1951-2013)

Mohamad Chatah (Arabic: محمد شطح;[1] 7 March 1951 – 27 December 2013) was a Lebanese economist and diplomat. He served as Ambassador to the United States from 1997 to 2000. He was also Minister of Finance from 2008 to 2009. He was born in Tripoli. He was a Sunni Muslim.

Mohamad Chatah

On 27 December 2013, Chatah was killed in a bombing in central Beirut. His killing was called a terrorist attack and an assassination.[2]

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  1. "Meet the government". Now Lebanon. 11 July 2008. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  2. "Beirut blast kills Sunni ex-minister Mohamad Chatah". BBC News. BBC. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2019.