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Prominent Lebanese Profiles | Said Mirza, Lebanon's State Prosecutor
Said Mirza, Lebanon's State Prosecutor
 Place and Date of Birth:
Born in Beirut on July 30, 1944.
Sect: Sunnite.
Marital status: Married to Jihan Harb
with 3 children, Hanadi, Mona and
Mohammad
Education: Degree in Law from the
Lebanese University in 1967. Completed his elementary, intermediate and secondary studies
at the Maqassed Islamic Welfare Schools.
Professional Background: Appointed full-fledged judge in Lebanon's
judicial courts in 1971.
Assumed several judicial posts, including:
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Prosecutor for Mount Lebanon (1971-1981). |
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Investigating magistrate for Mount Lebanon
(1998-1990) |
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Chief judge at Mount Lebanon's
misdemeanors court of appeal (1990-1992). |
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Beirut first investigating magistrate
(1992-1999). |
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Chief judge at South Lebanon's court of
appeal (1999-2002). |
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Chief of Mount Lebanon's Criminal court
(2002-2004) |
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Investigating magistrate for a number of
cases placed under the jurisdiction of the Judicial Council such as the assassination of
President Bashir Gemayel, the assassination of President Rene Moawad, the assassination of
the Jordanian first secretary Omran al Mouaita in 1994, and the file of poisonous chemical
waste. |
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Handled a number of important cases,
including the case of former minister of oil and industry Shaheh Barsoumian in 1999, who
was the first minister to be ever arrested and jailed in the issue of selling oil
precipitants; and the case of chief of Lebanon's General Labor Union Elias Abou Rizk who
was arrested and jailed in the issue of the Union's controversial elections in 1999. |
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Chief judge at the criminal court of
cassation from October 26, 2004 and until he was appointed state prosecutor on April 28,
2005. |
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