Walid Eido
| Walid Eido | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 April 1942 Beirut, French Mandate of Lebanon |
| Died | 13 June 2007 (aged 65) Beirut |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Alma mater | Lebanese University |
| Occupation | Judge and politician |
Walid Eido (Arabic: وليد عيدو[1942 - 13 June 2007) was a member of the Current for the Future, Lebanese political movement and a member of the Lebanese Parliament. He was also a member of the March 14 Coalition.
Eido was born on 2 April 1942 to a Sunni Muslim family in the Bachoura neighborhood of Beirut. He graduated from Lebanese University with a degree in law in 1966, and became a magistrate in 1967.
Eido was a member of the Sunni Murabetoun militia during Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war. In the late 1990s, he was north Lebanon's public prosecutor, but he had to resign after being accused of accepting bribes. He was later named as President of the Beirut Court of Appeal, a role from which he resigned in 2000 to be a candidate to the parliamentary elections on the same year.
While on Rafik Hariri's list, a then-unknown Walid Eido was elected as a representative of Beirut's second constituency in 2000 and in 2005. After Syria's withdrawal of Lebanon, Eido became a critic of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Lebanese President Émile Lahoud. He was the head of the defense committee and a member of several others in the parliament. On 6 April 2007, Eido asked Lebanon’s prime minister Fouad Siniora to end the current standoff and replace the resigned ministers. Eido said "it is time to end this resignation mockery by replacing the resigned ministers in accordance with the constitution so that the government can go back to work."
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