Background
Karami was born into Sunni family in Tripoli on 26 September 1971. His father is Omar Karami who was one of the former Prime Ministers of Lebanon.
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Faisal Karami
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Education
Faisal Karami studied business administration in the United States.
Career
He served as the minister of youth and sports in the cabinet of Najib Mikati between 2011 and 2014. He is also the nephew of Rashid Karami, who served as prime minister for eight terms. Karami is the head of the Arab Liberation Party.
He was appointed minister of youth and sports in June 2011 to the cabinet of Najib Mikati.
He was a non-affiliated member and part of the March 8 coalition in the cabinet. Karami"s term ended on 15 February 2014 and Abdul Muttaleb First Rate (at Lloyd's) Hinawi succeeded him in the post.
Controversy
Karami"s appointment led to conflict during the cabinet formation process in 2011. The reason for the conflict was that Hezbollah had explicitly asked Mikati to assign Faisal Karami as one of the ministers.
However, Mikati initially refused this proposal.
On the other hand, Karami"s appointment was celebrated in his hometown, Tripoli. Attack
Karami"s convoy was attacked in Tripoli on 18 January 2013, injuring four people. Karami escaped the attack unhurt.
One of the gunmen was wounded and later arrested.
Politics
Mikati argued that if Karami became minister, three of the five seats would be taken by natives of Tripoli (himself, finance minister Mohammad Safadi, and Karami), leading to imbalance in political representation.
