Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate resigns
Mustapha Adib resigns after failure to form new government
Lebanese President, Michel Aoun meets Mustapha Adib who was apponinted on forming of a new government after the former government's resignation following the massive explosion in Beirut, on September 26, 2020 at Baabda Presidential Palace in Beirut, Lebanon. Prime Minister-Designate Mustapha Adib, announced that he was leaving his post. ( Lebanese Presidency - Anadolu Agency )
BEIRUT
Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib resigned Saturday after failing to form a new government.
Adib announced his resignation in a televised address after meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace in Beirut.
"I excuse myself from continuing the task of forming the government," Adib said.
On Aug. 31, Adib, a former ambassador to Germany, was tasked with forming a new government after his predecessor Hassan Diab resigned in the wake of Beirut’s port explosion, which caused a massive destruction in the capital.
Adib secured 90 votes out of 120 in the parliamentary consultations to form the government.
Adib, 48, from the northern city of Tripoli, has a doctorate in law and political science. In 2000, he assumed the position of an adviser and director of the office of then-Prime Minister Najib Mikati until he was appointed ambassador to Germany in July 2013.
* With contributions by Seda Sevencan in Ankara
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