Misbah El-Ahdab

Misbah El-Ahdab (مصباح الأحدب), born on April 1, 1962 in Tripoli, Lebanon, is a Lebanese politician and a former MP representing Tripoli in the Lebanese Parliament. He was elected to parliament in 1996 and re-elected in the legislative elections of 2000 and 2005.

El-Ahdab holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from European Business School Paris and another degree in Economics from London School of Economics. He is Vice-president of the cross-confessional Democratic Renewal Movement that he co-founded in 2001 with MP Nassib Lahoud and other politicians. He is also President of the Lebanese-Italian Friendship Association.[1]

Potential drug involvement

On July 27, 2012, the news outlet Al-Akhbar (الاخبار) had reported on the potential involvement of El-Ahdab in a drug investigation. The police had captured a drug dealer/promoter (مروّج مخدرات) and during the interrogation the dealers phone rang with an unknown female on the other line. The female asked for 3 grams of "something delicious" (شي طيّب) and to meet at The Church of Our Lady in Achrafieh.

During the police's sting operation, a male showed up instead and was apprehended and questioned further. The newly detained person informed the police that some individuals had tasked him to pick up the drugs and return to the house, the detained individual provided the address to the police. The house was raided and the people inside were a few seemingly high-profile individuals, El-Ahdab, and the unknown female.

The police performed a narcotics test on only the owner of the home whose name initials are S.G., the results turned out negative. El-Ahdab, the other guests, and the unknown female were not tested and it was reported that the unknown female had left Lebanon that same day.[2]

Lebanese Protests

On October 18, 2019, El-Ahdab attempted to participate in a people's protest held in Tripoli. Widespread protests were erupting in Lebanon due to economic and political instability (see 2019–20 Lebanese protests).[3] The protesters vehemently denied El-Ahdab to participate in a people's movement that was against all politicians and began throwing plastic and glass bottles at him and his convoy. Two of El-Ahdab's bodyguards returned fired with assault rifles, wounding six and killing two protesters. The bodyguards have been handed over to the police to be investigated.[4]

gollark: Er, no-one, not nobody.
gollark: NOBODY can comb MY hair.
gollark: brb, replacing my hair with extremely small bombs.
gollark: Airport security would be marginally better if they at least had EXPLANATIONS for things.
gollark: What if the clothes are BOMBS?

References
  1. "biography". ahdab.lebnan-online.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  2. "الأحدب والكوكايين". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  3. Qiblawi, Tamara. "Lebanon's Hariri gives opponents 72 hours to find economic solutions as protests grow". CNN. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  4. "Army arrests 2 for opening fire on protesters in Tripoli | News , Lebanon News | THE DAILY STAR". www.dailystar.com.lb. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
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