{{Short description|Lebanese politician}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Cheikh Hadi Hobeich<br><small>{{lang|ar|''' حبيش هادي '''}}</small>
|native_name = هادي حبيش |image = | caption = | order = [[Parliament of Lebanon|Member of Parliament of Lebanon]] | term_start = 1 May 2005 | term_end = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|07|01|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Al Qoubaiyat]], [[North Governorate|North Lebanon]], [[Lebanon]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Cynthia Karkafi | party = [[Future Movement]] |alma_mater = [[College La Sagesse St Joseph – Ashrafieh]] }}
'''Hadi Hobeich''' (born July 1, 1974), is a Lebanese politician, lawmaker and ex-MP<ref name="nowlebanon">{{cite web|url=http://nowlebanon.com/NewsArchiveDetails.aspx?ID=97943|title=March14 - March 8 MPs|publisher=nowlebanon.com|accessdate=2014-01-25|archive-date=2011-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025042309/http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArchiveDetails.aspx?ID=97943|url-status=dead}}</ref> of the [[Akkar]] district in [[North Lebanon]] between 2005-2022. He is part of the [[March 14 alliance]] and a member of the [[Future Movement]], presided by [[Saad Hariri]].
==Early years== Hadi Hobeich, born in Qobayeit, is one of three children of Cheikh [[Faouzi Hobeich]], former MP and Minister of Culture and Education,<ref>[http://www.culture.gov.lb ministre de la Culture]</ref> and Therese Daher. In high school, he enrolled with the Jesuits, at the college of Rosaries of Louaizeh, [[Kesrouan]]. He attended the University of Sagesse where he graduated from Law School in 1997. He interned at the office of former judge Dr. Mounif Hamdan from 1998 until 2001. He then founded his own law firm and started his political activism. In 2006, he married Cynthia Karkafi, daughter of Bechara Maurice Karkafi. They have four children: Christina, Tiffany, Charbel, Joseph.
==Political career== In 2004, he starts his political career during the municipal elections of his hometown [[Al Qoubaiyat]], where he defeated incumbent MP [[Mikhail Daher]]. In 2005, he was the youngest elected MP in the [[Parliament of Lebanon]] at the age of 30, representing the Maronite seat in [[Akkar]]. He integrated the parliamentary block of [[Future Movement]] and became a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Administration and Justice. In 2009 he was re-elected MP for the [[Akkar]] district, with 63.1% of the votes at the [[Lebanese parliamentary election, 2009|Lebanese parliamentary elections of 2009]] thereby increasing his lead over his closest competitor.<ref name="elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.gov.lb/Parliamentary/Elections-Results/WinnersTable.aspx?lang=en-us|title=Elections 09 - Lebanon Elections 2009|publisher=elections.gov.lb|accessdate=2014-01-25|archive-date=2014-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202182413/http://www.elections.gov.lb/Parliamentary/Elections-Results/WinnersTable.aspx?lang=en-us|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010 and 2016, he leads the re-election of his list<ref name="kobayat">{{cite web|url=http://www.kobayat.org/data/documents/elections2010/2010-elec_doc/2010results.htm|title=انتخابات 2010|publisher=kobayat.org|accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref> at the [[Al Qoubaiyat]] municipality council against the [[Free Patriotic Movement]].<ref name="tayyar">{{cite web|url=http://municipalities.tayyar.org/Baladiya.aspx?BaladiyaCode=2073|title=Lebanon Municipalities Elections 2010 - tayyar.org|publisher=municipalities.tayyar.org|accessdate=2014-01-25|url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528010644/http://municipalities.tayyar.org/Baladiya.aspx?BaladiyaCode=2073|archivedate=2010-05-28}}</ref> During his career, he was targeted and subjected to Sham "investigation" as part of Hezbollah and its FPM allies systematic corruption methods to control politics and judicial system in Lebanon.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wemer |first=David |date=2020-07-02 |title=Hezbollah takes control of Lebanon's judiciary in assault on rule of law |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/hezbollah-takes-control-of-lebanons-judiciary-in-assault-on-rule-of-law/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Atlantic Council |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Parliamentary work== He is an advocate for increasing the accountability of ministers for their governmental performance. He questioned the Minister of Energy, Alan Tabourian on 19/01/2009, about the long-term rupture of electricity in [[Akkar]] as well as the subsequent suspicious rationing in the region, the disappearance of diesel fuel stocks, and the fate of electrical transformers intended for Akkar.<ref name="almustaqbal">{{cite web|url=http://almustaqbal.org/profile.php?lang=en&i=NzA=|title=.: Future Movement Official Website :.|publisher=almustaqbal.org|accessdate=2014-01-25}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He has also drafted several laws, most notably the regulations submitted on 05/11/2008 to amend some provisions of the law for establishing the Constitutional Council. On 22/09/2006, he contributed an amount of 3 billion pounds of the allocations of the Ministry of Public work and transport for the rehabilitation and paving of roads and streets in Akkar province.<ref name="almustaqbal"/>
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==External links== *{{in lang|ar|en|es|fr}} [https://archive.today/20130224022234/http://almustaqbal.org/profile.php?lang=en&i=NzA=]
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