Fuad Siniora was Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2005 to 2008. 

Siniora is strongly pro-business and has strong ties with the international financial community. He was a close adviser to the late Rafik Hariri who was Prime Minister from 1992-1998, and is also close to his son Saad Hariri. He served as finance minister from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2004.

Siniora was the main architect of the Paris II Conference in November 2002 which allowed Lebanon to get US $2.6 billion and the Paris III Conference in January 2007 which pledged 13 billion dollars to Lebanon. He was accused of corruption and mismanagement after Hariri's ousting in 1998, in what was mainly viewed as a conflict between Hariri and Syria, and a Syrian-orchestrated move to keep him in line. Siniora was cleared of all charges in 2003 by the parliament and the Judicial Court. In 2002, he abolished most of Lebanon's duty taxes and introduced a Value Added Tax.

Fuad Siniora was asked by President Lahoud to form a government on 30 June 2005. It was the first government formed after the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon and the first government to include members of the pro-Iranian militant group Hezbollah. In regard to Hezbollah, the Siniora cabinet's official stance in the Pre-Doha Government was that "The government considers the resistance a natural and honest expression of the Lebanese people’s national rights to liberate their land and defend their honour against Israeli aggression and threats".

On 12 July 2006, Hezbollah launched a deadly cross-border attack against Israel and initiated the 2006 Lebanon War. On 27 July 2006, Siniora seeking to end the conflict, presented a seven-point Siniora Plan at a 15-nation conference in Rome. Siniora also called for an Arab League meeting in Beirut. During a televised address at the conference, he famously "sobbed" as he described the effects of the war on the Lebanese people. 

The Beirut siege ended shortly after the Lebanese leaders met in Doha and agreed to what is referred to as the Doha Agreement. The agreement promised the minority veto power, led to the election of President Michel Suleiman, and a promise to the majority the weapons will no longer be used for internal political gains.

Siniora is very knowledgeable on the Middle East and speaks lucidly about the many challenges facing the region. He is upbeat about the spread of democracy which followed the Arab Spring.