George Hawi (Arabic: جورج حاوي / ALA-LC: Jūrj Ḥāwī; 1938 – 21 June 2005) was a Lebanese politician and former secretary general of the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP). An outspoken critic of Syrian interference in Lebanese affairs, he was killed in 2005 by a bomb placed under the passenger seat of his Mercedes.
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