Salameh

In 2009, Mr. Salameh was named central banker of the year by the Banker magazine.

Don't Bank on Beirut Bret Stephens 2011

So how is it that Beirut's political establishment, soon to be under the effective control of Hezbollah and under the influence of Syria and Iran, seems unanimous in its resolve to reappoint Riad Salameh to a fourth term as governor of the central bank?

Don't Bank on Beirut Bret Stephens 2011

So how is it that Beirut's political establishment, soon to be under the effective control of Hezbollah and under the influence of Syria and Iran, seems unanimous in its resolve to reappoint Riad Salameh to a fourth term as governor of the central bank?

Don't Bank on Beirut Bret Stephens 2011

On the surface, Mr. Salameh has earned his reappointment by providing Lebanon with the measure of economic stability that its politics notoriously lack.

Don't Bank on Beirut Bret Stephens 2011

The Syrians did not take kindly to the idea: Mr. Salameh, according to Fortune, "didn't deny reports that Ghazali had threatened him into closing the investigation."

Don't Bank on Beirut Bret Stephens 2011

In 2009, Mr. Salameh was named central banker of the year by the Banker magazine.

Don't Bank on Beirut Bret Stephens 2011

According to a leading oil economist, Dr. Mamdouh Salameh, the Iraq war “tripled the price of oil … costing the world a staggering $6 trillion in higher energy prices alone”:

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Salameh, who advises both the World Bank and the UN Industrial Development Organization (Unido), [said] that the price of oil would now be no more than $40 a barrel, less than a third of the record $135 a barrel reached last week, if it had not been for the Iraq war.

Wonk Room » Can The Iraq War Explain The Economic Crisis? 2009

Hamas retreated from its original demand to release Abdullah Barghouti, Ibrahim Hamed, Abbas Sayad, Hassan Salameh, Ahmed Saadat, Marwan Barghouti and others, and in doing so conceded on the senior members of its military wing and clear symbols of terror.

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In July 2003 the al-Madina bank was taken over by Mr. Salameh after it came to light that the bank had a $300 million cash deficit.

Don't Bank on Beirut Bret Stephens 2011