In a week after the deadly explosion that rocked Lebanon capital Beirut and killed hundreds of people, injuring several thousand, public protests erupted and the entire government resigned taking accountability of the explosion.
As the public anger mounted over the explosion, Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Monday evening made an announcement on national TV of the resignation.
Many people have accused the country's leaders of culpability through their alleged negligence and corruption.
Protesters took to streets and clashed with police for a third straight day.
President Michel Aoun has asked the government to stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new cabinet is formed.
With rising corruption in the state, public demanded resignation from the government, blaming them for negligence and the?
Over the past few months, politicians and political parties across the world have resigned taking responsibility for inaction.?
Below are few examples:
Back in July, David Clark, New Zealand's health minister, called himself an "idiot" after breaking the country's lockdown by driving his family to the beach.
Clark admitted the 12-mile (20km) drive was "a clear breach of the lockdown principles".
He offered his resignation to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, but kept his job because of the ongoing crisis.
In April, Scotland's chief medical officer resigned after making two trips to her second home during the coronavirus lockdown.
Dr Catherine Calderwood had apologised for her actions, and initially said she planned to continue in the role.
Dr Calderwood had earlier been given a police warning for breaking the lockdown rules after the Scottish Sun published photographs taken on Saturday of her and her family visiting Earlsferry in Fife - more than an hour's drive from her main family home in Edinburgh, according to the BBC.
Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne resigned this Tuesday after losing the support of the coalition partner Centre Party in December, 2019.
"All of the governing parties have confidence in me, except for the Centre Party. When I was told why they no longer have confidence in me, I made the decision to resign," Rinne was quoted as saying. The Centre Party was angered after the prime minister was accused of lying by the head of Finland Post -- the culmination of a long-running dispute over reforms to the pay and conditions for some postal workers.