Bechara El Khoury
Oweini went to Saudi Arabia and worked as a business agent for the House of Saud from 1923 to 1947. He also founded a company, Ne'ma Te'ma, in Riyadh. He was the Minister of Finance from July 1948 to June 1951. He was first appointed interim prime minister on 14 February 1951 under president Bechara El Khoury succeeding Riad Al Solh. He was in office until 7 April 1951 and succeeded by Abdullah Arif Yafi. On 27 September 1957, Oweini and two other former prime ministers, Saeb Salam and Abdallah El-Yafi, were arrested on charges of planning an armed coup and riots during the elections held in May.