Prime Minister-designate, Saad Hariri, mourned Sunday the passing of former Deputy Prime Minister, Metn MP Michel El-Murr, saying via Twitter: "Today, former Deputy PM Michel El-Murr left us, after a full political and national march in government and parliamentary sites, and distinguished roles in most of the epochs and milestones in Lebanon's history."

He added: "In his absence, the page of a solid Metn leadership and an eminent figure in Lebanese politics is turned...My deepest condolences to his wife, family and loved ones, and to my friend, Elias, and all those who accompanied him for decades."