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〔 |spouse = Judy Obeid (m. 1965) |children = 9 |religion = Lebanese Maronite Catholic |relations = |website = (NSW Parliament webpage ) }} Edward Moses ("Eddie") Obeid (born 25 October 1943), a former Australian politician and a dual LebaneseAustralian citizen, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served between 1991 and 2011, representing the Australian Labor Party. He was the Minister for Fisheries and the Minister for Mineral Resources from 1999–2003. Prior to the March 2015 expiry of his term in the Legislative Council, Obeid announced his decision to retire early on 10 May 2011, citing family reasons. During his parliamentary career, Obeid was considered by many to be a "power broker" in the New South Wales Labor Party, belonging to the dominant right-wing sub-faction, often referred to as ''The Terrigals'', so named as its inaugural meeting was held at Obeid's beach house in Terrigal. It was reported that Obeid might retire at the 2011 state election, prior to the expiry of his term,〔 however he waited until the election was concluded.〔 Obeid, who joined the Labor Party in 1972, had his membership of the party terminated in 2013 for bringing the party into disrepute.〔 A series of three investigative hearings by the Independent Commission Against Corruption between 2012 and 2014 into the conduct of Obeid and others found that Obeid acted in a corrupt manner in relation to cafe leases at Circular Quay and that he misused his position as a Member of Parliament to benefit his family's financial interests in both Direct Health Solutions and in water licences over the family's Bylong Valley farm. In June 2014 the Commission recommended the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) consider prosecuting Obeid for the offence of misconduct in public office over his attempts to influence bureaucrats and Labor colleagues to benefit his family. In late 2013 it was announced that the DPP would be prosecuting Obeid for misconduct in public office.〔〔 ==Early years and background== Obeid was born in the village of Matrite (sometimes called Metrit), a village in Northern Lebanon with a Christian majority,〔 in Lebanon. At age 6, he migrated to Australia with his family and they settled in Redfern, growing up in a terrace house.〔 Of Lebanese Maronite Catholic faith, he was an altar boy, sold newspapers from a street corner and collected deposits on soft drink bottles.〔 Obeid married Judith in 1965, is now father of 9 children and a grandfather of 31 grandchildren.〔〔 At age 29 in 1972, Obeid joined the Labor Party. Prior to entering parliament, Obeid held a range of voluntary roles including:〔 *Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (1980–1982) *Part-time Commissioner of the Ethnic Affairs Commission (1981–1985) *Vice-President Ethnic Press Association of Australia (1981–1986) *Director of the Western Suburbs Hospital Board (sic) (1983–1986) *Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of New South Wales (1985–1988) *Led Australian-Lebanese hostage negotiation mission to Iraq (December 1990) *Patron, Australian Lebanese Christian Federation 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eddie Obeid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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