Adnan Addoum
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''Judge'' Adnan Mohammad Addoum (
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: عدنان عضوم, born
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, 1941) is a Lebanese
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public prosecutor and a pro-
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n politician, who served as a Justice Minister in 2004. He was known to have played a key role in pushing the Syrian influence into the
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.


Biography

Born in Msaytbeh,
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on January 10, 1941, to a
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immigrant father, who was later naturalized, most of his relatives still live in
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. His mother was born in Hosh Al-Abeed,
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. His parents owned a store in central district souk (market) which sold imported Syrian food products. He graduated in law from the
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in 1965, and then trained as a judge in the Judicial Learning Institution. He quickly rose through the ranks of the judiciary, during which he allegedly worked closely with the Palestinian organizations, before being appointed prosecutor-general in 1995, after the intervention of Ghazi Kanaan the head of the Syrian military intelligence in Lebanon at the time. In October 2004, he was appointed Minister of Justice in the government of
Omar Karami Omar Abdul Hamid Karami (last name also spelled Karamé and Karameh) ( ar, عمر عبد الحميد كرامي; 7 September 1934 – 1 January 2015) was the 29th prime minister of Lebanon, who served two separate terms. He was Prime Minis ...
. During that time, he has aggressively prosecuted and imprisoned many Syrian occupation of Lebanon political opposers Addoum used to participate in meetings of pro-Syrian personalities. Following the assassination of
Rafiq Hariri Rafic Bahaa El Deen Al Hariri ( ar, رفيق بهاء الدين الحريري; 1 November 1944 – 14 February 2005) was a Lebanese business tycoon and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from ...
on February 14, 2005, and after the departure of the Syrian troops from Lebanon, the government of Najib Mikati dismisses him from his functions to place a relative of Hariri.


Wealth

Like many high-ranking officials in Lebanon, he has collected significant wealth over the years, worth about $5–6 million.


References

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