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Shafik Wazzan
Shafik Wazzan
شفيق الوزان
	Wazzan in 1983
Prime Minister of Lebanon
	In office; 25 October 1980 – 30 April 1984
President	Élias Sarkis; Bachir Gemayel; Amine Gemayel
Preceded by	Takieddin el-Solh
Succeeded by	Rashid Karami
Personal details
Born	16 January 1925; Beirut, Lebanon
Died	8 July 1999 (aged 74); Beirut, Lebanon
Political party	Independent
Children	2

Shafik Al-Wazzan (Arabic: شفيق الوزان, January 16, 1925 – July 8, 1999) was a Lebanese politician who served as the 27th Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1980 until 1984. In December 1991, Wazzan was wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Beirut neighborhood of Basta Al Fouka (where he lived) as he was passing through in an armored car.^[1]

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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. The next year he successfully negotiated for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon.

Wazzan had a son (Dr. Wassim Al Wazzan) and a daughter. He died in 1999 at the age of 74.

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^ Asian Bulletin. APACL Publications. 1992. p. 64.
^ O'Ballance, E. (1998-10-21). Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-92. Springer. pp. 99–103. ISBN 978-0-230-37468-3.

Political offices
Preceded by Takieddin as-Solh	Prime Minister of Lebanon 25 October 1980 – 30 April 1984	Succeeded by Rashid Karami

[1] Asian Bulletin. APACL Publications. 1992. p. 64.

[2] O'Ballance, E. (1998-10-21). Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-92. Springer. pp. 99–103. ISBN 978-0-230-37468-3.

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