Lebanon bid farewell on Saturday its Council of Ministers' Secretary-General, Suheil Bouji, in a massive funeral held following afternoon prayer at Khashikji Mosque in Beirut, in presence of Prime Minister Saad Hariri representing President of the Republic Michel Aoun, Deputy-Elect Mohammad Khawaja representing House Speaker Nabih Berri, and former PM's Tamam Salam, Fouad Siniora and Najib Miqati, alongside Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Abdul-latif Derian.
With a huge crowd of political officials and social, military, intellectual and diplomatic figures attending his funeral, Bouji was laid to rest at the age of 71.
"With the loss of Dr. Suheil Bouji, God rest his soul, Lebanon has lost...Beirut has lost...and I personally have lost one of judiciary's pillars who devoted his entire career life to serving the State," said PM Hariri in his word eulogizing Bouji.
"The late Dr. Bouji accompanied me for many years, following the march of Martyr Prime Minister Rafic Hariri...He was to me, as well as to many other statesmen and heads of governments in Lebanon, the best Cabinet Secretary-General who gave his sincere opinion and insight in all legal, administrative and political issues," Hariri added.
The Prime Minister expressed his deepest condolences to the late's family, friends and colleagues, asking the Lord Almighty to rest his soul in Heaven and to grant all his beloved patience and solace to endure his loss.
On behalf of the President of the Republic, Prime Minister Hariri bestowed up the late Bouji the Lebanese "Order of Merit" as an honorable token for his lifetime achievements in service of his nation.
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