Amin al-Hafez was born in 1926. He served a turbulent two-month term as
Prime Minister of Lebanon after appointment by then Lebanese President
Suleiman Franjieh and opposition of the
Sunni leaders who refused to recognize his appointment. He resigned after just 2 months of serving, but continued representing his constituency of Tripoli in the Parliament. He was married to Leila Osseiran who was a novelist. They married in 1948 and had a son, Ramzi, who is a journalist. Amin al-Hafez died aged 83 after a long-running battle with an undisclosed chronic illness on 13 July 2009.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/world/middleeast/14alhafez.html ==References==