Lebanon names its Berlin envoy, Mustapha Adib, as new PM
Lebanon's ambassador to Berlin Mustapha Adib arrives at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on August 31, 2020, upon being named as the country's new premier.
Mustapha Adib has been Lebanon's ambassador to Germany since 2013 and his name only emerged on Sunday to replace Hassan Diab, whose government resigned in the aftermath of the deadly August 4 blast at Beirut port.
Activists on social media were quick to compare Adib to Diab, who had promised to lead Lebanon's first government of technocrats when he took office in January but showed no ability to break from his political sponsors.
Beirut,
Mustapha Adib, a little-known diplomat who was nominated to become Lebanon's new prime minister Monday, faces the nearly impossible challenge of embodying change after being picked by the political establishment.
