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==Career==
Fatfat first emerged onto the Lebanese political scene as a candidate for the Lebanese Parliament in [[Lebanese general election, 1992|the first parliamentary elections]] in Lebanon after the end of the [[Lebanese civil war]], in 1992. Fatfat failed to reach parliament that year, but succeeded in [[Lebanese general election, 1996|the next elections]] in 1996 with backing from [[Rafik Hariri]] and his [[Future Movement]]
In June 2005, Fatfat was appointed as the minister of youth and sports to Fouad Siniora's first cabinet. On 5 February 2006, after the resignation of [[Hassan Sabeh]], he became interim interior minister, a position he held until 14 November of the same year when Sabeh reclaimed his office following the assassination of industry minister [[Pierre Amine Gemayel]].
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During the [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]] Minister Fatfat was accused of helping Israel forces in the south, but later the opposition ministers refused to move the accusation to trial which proved that this whole accusation was false."<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/17/mideast.main/index.html CNN:Video provokes questions of Lebanese army]</ref> This episode is often ridiculed by Fatfat's political opponents. In the same year, Fatfat caused large controversy over his approval of [[Hizb ut-Tahrir]]'s right to operate openly in Lebanon and call for the re-establishment of the Islamic Caliphate in the Islamic world.
On 15 June 2007, two Lebanese news anchors from the Lebanese television station [[NBN (Lebanese TV)|NBN]] owned by [[Nabih Berri]] were sacked after being overheard saying that, in the wake of the murder of [[Walid Eido]], Fatfat would "be next." Apparently unaware that their microphones were still on, a female news anchor was heard saying "Ahmed Fatfat will be next. I'm counting them off." When her male colleague tells her not to gloat, she replies "It's not gloating. But we've had enough of them." <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6755913.stm BBC:Anchor gloats at Lebanon killing]</ref> Clips of the incident have been shown widely on the internet. Ahmad Fatfat has said he fears for his life and plans to sue NBN.
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