So too Hind Hariri, 24, the daughter of the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Al-Hariri.
Industry Minister Fawzi Hariri has said there is "great optimism" that lawmakers will approve it.
Billionaire industrial heir, Saad Hariri, who was appointed prime minister of Lebanon Iast June, ranks fifth.
Roughly half of the 63 seats at stake last week went to Mr Hariri's allies.
His predecessor was withdrawn after the murder of the Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Syrian troops withdrew from Lebanon in the wake of Rafik Hariri's murder, ending a 29-year military presence.
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But Hariri returned in October 2000, taking his old job back off the political veteran Selim al-Hoss.
"What happened today proved again that Lebanon is doing well, " said Hariri in a televised victory speech.
By trying to suppress minor carping, Mr Hariri may have paved the way for more serious criticism.
Of the remaining 65, to be decided on September 3rd, 19 lie in Beirut, Mr Hariri's stronghold.
Gen Hassan led an investigation into the assassination in 2005 of Mr Hariri's father Rafik, which implicated Damascus.
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Mr Mikati became prime minister after Hezbollah and its allies brought down the unity cabinet of Saad Hariri.
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Mr Hariri has long feuded with Lebanon's president, Emile Lahoud, whose mandate was due to expire last month.
And the killing of billionaire ex-premier Rafik Hariri in Lebanon speaks to how economic upticks don't guarantee stability.
Damascus has denied any role in Hariri's killing, but a U.N. investigation has found indications of Syrian involvement.
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Another 14 died, including Canada's french fry king Harrison McCain and Rafik Hariri , Lebanon's former prime minister.
Robert Hariri, corporate co-chair and CEO of Celgene Cellular Therapeutics, welcomed the crowd.
After the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, Lebanon entered a new, politically violent chapter of its history.
This all changed in 2005 after former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed by a car bomb in Beirut.
Syria did let five security men, now named as being among 19 suspects in the Hariri murder, be interrogated.
Rafiq Hariri, a billionaire former prime minister and the government's leading critic, has had his patch reduced by two-thirds.
Lebanon began to recover, and even to flourish, not least thanks to Hariri.
Rafiq Hariri, Lebanon's Sunni prime minister, urged the cabinet to reject the measure.
Jacques Chirac broke off ties with Syria after the assassination in 2005 of Rafik Hariri, a former Lebanese prime minister.
Like Sauerbrey, Solana was the first senior EU official to step foot in the Syrian capital since Hariri was murdered.
Hariri swept to power in the wake of the 2005 assassination of his father, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
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Recognizing the trap, Hariri's supporters are calling for him to form a narrow coalition without Hizbullah and its sister parties.
Hariri's legacy was further tainted by accusations of corruption and he also faced criticism for saddling the country with big debts.
This has been a particularly sensitive subject for Damascus since the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in 2005.
After last month's Lebanese elections in which Hizbullah lost to Sa'ad Hariri's March 14 movement, the administration went a step further.
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