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The finance minister in Hassan Diab’s government. Photo credit: Dalati and Nohra
The new finance minister in Hassan Diab’s government, Ghazi Wazni, an economist by training, was for a long time also the economic adviser to the Speaker of the House Nabih Berri.

He was appointed Minister of Finance by Prime Minister Hassan Diab on 21 January 2020 on the proposal of Nabih Berri. He succeeds another close to the Speaker of Parliament, Ali Hassan Khalil.

Ghazi Wazni has a research office, the Ghazi Wazni Office of Studies.

It will have the difficult task of trying to repair public finances while reviving the economic activity of Lebanon, largely impacted by the economic crisis.

Lebanon / Crisis: Beginning of rationing of electricity supplied by neighborhood generators

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The owners of the district generators have started rationing deemed necessary due to fuel shortages in certain Lebanese regions. Some generator owners have also reportedly...
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Ministry of Finance approves loan for Electricité du Liban

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The Ministry of Finance has approved a new advance in foreign currency for Electricité du Liban. The latter was requested by the Presidency of...

Lebanon / Crisis: Electricity shortage distant for a little while, as fuel shortage continues

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The outgoing Minister of Finance Ghazi Wazni signed 4 decrees granting Electricity of Lebanon $ 62 million for the purchase of fuel oil for...

Lebanon / Crisis: The outgoing Ministry of Finance signs the decree setting up a...

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The outgoing Minister of Finance, Ghazi Wazni signed a decree prepared by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, in accordance with the discussions...
The Deir el Ammar power station in North Lebanon. Photo credit: François el Bacha for Libnanews.com. All rights reserved.

EDL: The authorities are trying to find a solution to end the crisis

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The outgoing Minister of Finance, Ghazi Wazni, his counterpart of Energy and Water Resources Raymond Ghajar as well as the Director of Electricity of...

What to think of the Ghada Aoun affair?

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The banking party and its judicial relays facing the prosecutor of Mount Lebanon On social networks, attacks against Ghada Aoun often fly very low. People...
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Banque du Liban indicates that it has answered questions asked by Alvarez & Marsal

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The Banque du Liban said it had handed over to the government official the questions asked in the context of the forensic audit procedure...

Aoun blames the banking party for the paralysis of the forensic audit

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The President of the Republic and the Prime Minister-designate have not yet agreed on the composition of the government. A few days ago, it...
Riad Salameh, governor of Lebanon's central bank, speaks to the Financial Times in his office in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 30, 2017. [Sam Tarling for the Financial Times]

4 foreign banks cut ties with Banque du Liban as Riad Salamé tries to...

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The governor of the Bank of Lebanon Riad Salamé would have informed the public prosecutor, Judge Ghassan Oweidat, of the closure of the accounts...

Lebanon: Subsidy plan for basic necessities suspended at the end of May for lack...

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Outgoing finance minister Ghazi Wazni has indicated that Lebanon will have to suspend the importation of basic necessities at the end of May due...

Lebanon / Crisis: soon end of the subsidy program announced by the BdL

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The Daily Star newspaper indicates that the governor of the Banque du Liban would have refused to continue the subsidy program for the purchase...

The Banque du Liban would have answered only 42% of the questions asked by...

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The forensic audit firm has so far only received 42% of the responses requested from the Banque du Liban, some sources indicate to The...

Lebanon/Coronavirus: 61 dead and 3,560 cases

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The Lebanese authorities deplore 61 deaths on Thursday (March 25th). 3,560 people have also been diagnosed positive in the past 24 hours, while outgoing...