Lebanon: former central-bank governor Salameh arrested on corruption charges

Riad Salameh, Lebanon's central-bank governor for three decades and architect of the Ponzi-like financial-engineering scheme that collapsed in 2019, was arrested in September 2024 on domestic corruption and money-laundering charges after years of international warrants. He had spent the post-2019 collapse insulated by political protection in Lebanon; the arrest, under the Mikati caretaker government's outgoing months, was widely seen as positioning for the post-presidential-election political reset.

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Gara, T. (2026). Lebanon: former central-bank governor Salameh arrested on corruption charges [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/15a53d45-eab2-44aa-b3e4-2cf08459072f

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Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Lebanon: former central-bank governor Salameh arrested on corruption charges." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/15a53d45-eab2-44aa-b3e4-2cf08459072f.

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@misc{tayyar-event-15a53d45-eab2-44aa-b3e4-2cf08459072f,
  title     = {{Lebanon: former central-bank governor Salameh arrested on corruption charges}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/15a53d45-eab2-44aa-b3e4-2cf08459072f},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {Event date: 2024-09-03. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

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@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2024-09-03. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.