Rafic Hariri
Rafic Baha El Deen Al Hariri (1 November 1944 – 14 February 2005) was a Lebanese business tycoon and the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation on .
He headed five cabinets during his tenure.
Hariri is widely credited with his role in constructing the Taif Agreement that ended the 15 year Lebanese Civil War and reconstructing the capital Beirut.
He was the first post-civil war Prime Minister and the most influential and wealthiest Lebanese politician until his assassination.
Hariri was assassinated on 14 February 2005 by a suicide truck bomb in Beirut.
Four Hezbollah members were indicted for the assassination and are currently being tried "in absentia" by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, but others have linked the assassination to the Syrian government.
Hariri's assassination was a catalyst for dramatic political change in Lebanon.
The massive protests of the Cedar Revolution helped achieve the withdrawal of Syrian troops and security forces from Lebanon, and a change in governments.
Adnan Hussein
Adnan Sayyed Hussein( born 27 February 1954) is a Lebanese political scientist, academic and politician who served as minister of state for social affairs in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
He is a close ally of Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.
Hadi Hobeich
Hadi Hobeich( born July 1, 1974), is a Lebanese politician, lawmaker and MP of the Akkar district in North Lebanon since 2005.
He is part of the March 14 alliance and a member of the Future Movement, presided by Saad Hariri.
Richard T. Jones
Richard Timothy Jones( born January 16, 1972) is an American actor.
Jones is best known for his portrayals of Laveinio in the dramatic film" The Wood"( 1999) and Mike of the dramatic films" Why Did I Get Married?"( 2007) and" Why Did I Get Married Too?"( 2010).
He is also well known for his role as Bruce Van Exel, court services officer on the CBS television series" Judging Amy" that aired from 1999 to 2005.
Ali Qanso
Ali Khalil Qanso was a Lebanese politician who served as a minister for parliamentary affairs in the second cabinet of Saad Hariri.
He was the president of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party and he served as minister of state in Najib Mikati government and previously minister of labor in the cabinet of Rafik Hariri.
Denise Boutte
Denise Boutte is an American actress and model, who has appeared in the films" Why Did I Get Married?" as Trina,, as Mandy," Sister's Keeper" and" Noah's Arc".
She starred in the sitcom" Meet the Browns" as Sasha Brown.
Lamman Rucker
Lamman Rucker( born October 6, 1971) is an American actor.
Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas" As the World Turns" and" All My Children", before roles in Tyler Perry's films
" Why Did I Get Married?
Why Did I Get Married Too?", and" Meet the Browns", and its television adaptation.
In 2016, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series," Greenleaf".
Saad Hariri
Saad El-Din Rafik Al-Hariri (born 18 April 1970) is a Lebanese politician who has been the Prime Minister of Lebanon since December 2016.
He was also the Prime Minister from November 2009 to June 2011.
He is the second son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, who was assassinated in 2005.
Hariri has also been the leader of the Future Movement party since 2005.
He is seen as "the strongest figurehead" of the March 14 Alliance.
After three years living overseas, he returned to Lebanon on 8 August 2014 and was designated Prime Minister on 3 November 2016.
Hariri's surprise announcement of an intent to resign, broadcast on 4 November 2017 on Saudi state TV, has widely been seen as part of the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict in Lebanon, and triggered a dispute between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
The resignation was later suspended, following President Michel Aoun's request to "put it on hold ahead of further consultations".
On October 29, 2019, amid the 2019 Lebanese protests, Hariri announced his resignation, and that of his cabinet.
Tasha Smith
Tasha Smith( born February 28, 1971) is an American actress, director and producer.
She began her career in a starring role on the NBC comedy series" Boston Common"( 1996 – 97), and she later appeared in numerous movies and television series.
Smith has appeared in films include" The Whole Ten Yards"( 2004)," Daddy's Little Girls"( 2007)," The Longshots"( 2008)," Couples Retreat"( 2009), and" Jumping the Broom"( 2011).
She starred as Angela Williams in the Tyler Perry films" Why Did I Get Married?"( 2007), its sequel" Why Did I Get Married Too?"( 2010), and on the television series based on the movies," For Better or Worse"( 2011–2017).
In 2015, she began a recurring role as Carol Holloway on the Fox musical drama series" Empire".
Later in the same year, Smith made her directorial debut.
Michael Jai White
Michael Richard Jai White( born November 10, 1967) is an American actor, director, and martial artist.
He is the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, having starred as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film" Spawn".
White appeared as Marcus Williams in the Tyler Perry films" Why Did I Get Married?" and" Why Did I Get Married Too?", and starred as the character on the TBS/ OWN comedy- drama television series" Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse".
White portrayed Jax Briggs in and the Cyborg Seth in, the return.
He portrayed boxer Mike Tyson in the 1995 HBO television movie" Tyson".
He also played the title role in the blaxploitation parody film" Black Dynamite", as well as the animated series of the same name.

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