11-07-2025
Cabinet appoints Maher Shaaito as Lebanon's new Financial Prosecutor
The Lebanese Cabinet has appointed Judge Maher Mohammad Shaaito as the country's new Financial Public Prosecutor.
Born in 1973 in Deyrintar, a town in the southern district of Bint Jbeil, Shaaito is married to Mona Mahdi and is the father of two sons, Wissam and Ibrahim. He has a brother and sister living abroad.
Shaaito studied law at the Lebanese University–Branch I, graduating in 1993 with the second-highest rank in his class. He joined the Judicial Institute in 1994 and graduated in 1997.
In the same year, he was appointed as a sole judge in the Deir El Qamar court and later that year as a criminal judge in Beirut.
In 2003, Shaaito became a public prosecutor in Mount Lebanon. He was named president of the Beirut Indictment Chamber in 2017.
From 2018 to 2021, he also served as a member of the Higher Judicial Council.
