From left to right: Mona Saleh, Souheir Harake, Nassib Elia, and Nawal Saliba, new members of the High Judicial Council, received by President Joseph Aoun at the Baabda Palace following their swearing-in ceremony on April 9, 2025. (Credit: X/@LBpresidency)
BEIRUT — Four vacant seats on Lebanon’s Higher Judicial Council were filled Tuesday through a ministerial decree co-signed by President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Justice Minister Adel Nassar.The country’s top judicial body, which is legally supposed to be composed of 10 members, had been largely paralyzed since October after its members' retirements. For months, Judge Souheil Abboud, president of the council, was its sole member. Salam appointed Abboud to his post at the end of March.The prolonged vacancy followed the retirements of three members, including former public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation Ghassan Oueidate and former head of the Judicial Inspection Bureau Bourkan Saad. The two were temporarily replaced by Jamal Hajjar and Samar Sawah, but neither could serve on the council because they were not...
BEIRUT — Four vacant seats on Lebanon’s Higher Judicial Council were filled Tuesday through a ministerial decree co-signed by President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Justice Minister Adel Nassar.The country’s top judicial body, which is legally supposed to be composed of 10 members, had been largely paralyzed since October after its members' retirements. For months, Judge Souheil Abboud, president of the council, was its sole member. Salam appointed Abboud to his post at the end of March.The prolonged vacancy followed the retirements of three members, including former public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation Ghassan Oueidate and former head of the Judicial Inspection Bureau Bourkan Saad. The two were temporarily replaced by Jamal Hajjar and Samar Sawah, but neither could serve on the council because they were...
