Formerly Lebanon's ambassador to Germany, Mustapha Adib faces the daunting task of steering the country through one of the deepest crises of its troubled 100-year history.
President Aoun and his political ally, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, both expressed willingness in separate speeches Sunday to change the way Lebanon is governed.
"When the political class talks about the introduction of the civil state, it reminds me of the devil talking about virtue, it doesn't make sense," said political science professor Hilal Khashan. The 48-year-old diplomat and close aide to former prime minister Najib Mikati received backing from the country's Sunni Muslim political heavyweights.
The deadly blast, blamed on decades of negligence and corruption by the country's ruling elite, revived calls at home and abroad for radical revamp of the state. Despite promises of change, the process of forming the new government follows the same blueprint that has chronically mired Lebanon in political deadlock. Social media networks abounded with posts questioning whether a government formed by Mr Adib would be any more effective than Mr Diab's, which was formed in January but failed to lift the country out of crisis.
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