Tarek Bitar (Arabic: طارق بطار, Akkar, born 1974[1]) is a Lebanese judge and the head of Beirut’s criminal court[2][1], who will be the second judge to lead the investigation of the 2020 Beirut Port explosion after Fadi Sawwan[2][1] who was dismissed by the Lebanese court after charging two former ministers with negligence over the blast, which was caused by 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate negligently stored in the port for over six years[2]. The dismissal was objected by the victims’ families, who feared that Sawwan’s removal would take the case back to zero.[2][3]