Ministry of Economy and Trade (Lebanon)
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Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET; Arabic: وزارة الأقتصاد والتجارة)[1] is a governmental ministry of Lebanon, headquartered on the 5th floor of the Azarieh Building in Beirut.[2]
Since 10 September 2021, the ministry has been led by Amin Salam as Minister of Economy and Trade.
List of Economy and Trade ministers
[edit]| Minister | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|
| Adel Osseiran | 25 Sep 1943 | 02 Jul 1944 |
| Riad Al Solh[a][b][c] | 03 Jul 1944 | 09 Jan 1945 |
| Jamil Talhouk[a] | 09 Jan 1945 | 22 Aug 1945 |
| Sami as-Solh[a][b][d] | 22 Aug 1945 | 22 May 1946 |
| Saadi Al Munla[b] | 22 May 1946 | 14 Dec 1946 |
| Kamal Jumblat | 14 Dec 1946 | 07 Jun 1947 |
| Sleiman Nawfal | 07 Jun 1947 | 26 Jul 1948 |
| Philippe Takla[a][e] | 26 Jul 1948 | 01 Oct 1949 |
| Philippe Takla | 01 Oct 1949 | 14 Feb 1951 |
| Boulos Fayyad[f] | 14 Feb 1951 | 07 Jun 1951 |
| Philippe Takla[g] | 07 Jun 1951 | 11 Feb 1952 |
| Sleiman Al Ali | 11 Feb 1952 | 09 Sep 1952 |
| Basil Trad[f][h] | 09 Sep 1952 | 18 Sep 1952 |
| Basil Trad[g][h] | 18 Sep 1952 | 30 Sep 1952 |
| George Hakim[g] | 30 Sep 1952 | 30 Apr 1953 |
| George Hakim[i] | 30 Apr 1953 | 16 Aug 1953 |
| Rashid Karami | 16 Aug 1953 | 19 Sep 1955 |
| Nazih Al Bizri | 19 Sep 1955 | 19 Mar 1956 |
| George Hakim[j][k] | 19 Mar 1956 | 08 Jun 1956 |
| George Karam[g] | 09 Jun 1956 | 18 Nov 1956 |
| Nasri Maalouf[g] | 18 Nov 1956 | 18 Aug 1957 |
| Kazem al-Khalil | 18 Aug 1957 | 14 Mar 1958 |
| Kazem al-Khalil[a][l] | 14 Mar 1958 | 24 Sep 1958 |
| Charles Helou[h] | 24 Sep 1958 | 14 Oct 1958 |
| Philippe Takla[f] | 14 Oct 1958 | 14 May 1960 |
| Philippe Takla[m] | 14 May 1960 | 01 Aug 1960 |
| Sleiman Al Ali | 01 Aug 1960 | 20 May 1961 |
| Philippe Boulos[f] | 20 May 1961 | 31 Oct 1961 |
| Rafic Naja | 31 Oct 1961 | 20 Feb 1964 |
| Fouad Ammoun | 20 Feb 1964 | 25 Sep 1964 |
| Joseph Najjar | 25 Sep 1964 | 18 Nov 1964 |
| Bahij Taq-al-Din | 18 Nov 1964 | 25 Jul 1965 |
| Rafic Naja | 25 Jul 1965 | 09 Apr 1966 |
| Sobhi Mahmassani[n] | 09 Apr 1966 | 06 Dec 1966 |
| Said Hamadeh | 06 Dec 1966 | 08 Feb 1968 |
| Edward Honein | 08 Feb 1968 | 12 Oct 1968 |
| Nasri Maalouf[o] | 12 Oct 1968 | 20 Oct 1968 |
| Hussein Al Oweini[p] | 20 Oct 1968 | 15 Jan 1969 |
| Nassim Majdalani | 15 Jan 1969 | 25 Nov 1969 |
| Suleiman Frangieh[q] / Nassim Majdalani[i] |
25 Nov 1969 | 13 Oct 1970 |
| Saeb Jaroudi | 13 Oct 1970 | 27 May 1972 |
| Anwar Al Sabbah | 27 May 1972 | 25 Apr 1973 |
| Bahij Tabbara[r][s] | 25 Apr 1973 | 08 Jul 1973 |
| Nazih Al Bizri | 08 Jul 1973 | 30 Oct 1974 |
| Abbas Khalaf | 31 Oct 1974 | 22 May 1975 |
| Fawzi Al Khatib[t] | 22 May 1975 | 01 Jul 1975 |
| Adel Osseiran / Joseph Skaff[u] |
01 Jul 1975 | 09 Dec 1976 |
| Selim al-Hoss[b] | 09 Dec 1976 | 16 Jul 1979 |
| Talal El Merhebi | 16 Jul 1979 | 25 Oct 1980 |
| Khaled Jumblat | 25 Oct 1980 | 08 Oct 1982 |
| Ibrahim Halawi[v] | 08 Oct 1982 | 29 Apr 1984 |
| Victor Kassir[w] | 30 Apr 1984 | 22 Sep 1988 |
| Issam Abu Jamra[e] | 22 Sep 1988 | 25 Nov 1989 |
| Nazih Al Bizri[r] | 25 Nov 1989 | 23 Dec 1990 |
| Marwan Hamadeh | 24 Dec 1990 | 15 May 1992 |
| Samir Makdasi | 16 May 1992 | 30 Oct 1992 |
| Hagop Demerjian | 31 Oct 1992 | 25 May 1995 |
| Yassine Jaber | 25 May 1995 | 24 Dec 1998 |
| Nasser Saidi | 24 Dec 1998 | 23 Oct 2000 |
| Bassel Fleihan | 23 Oct 2000 | 17 Apr 2003 |
| Marwan Hamadeh | 17 Apr 2003 | 21 Oct 2004 |
| Adnan Kassar | 26 Oct 2004 | 19 Apr 2005 |
| Damianos Kattar[g] | 19 Apr 2005 | 19 Jul 2005 |
| Sami Haddad | 19 Jul 2005 | 21 Jul 2008 |
| Mohammad Safadi | 22 Jul 2008 | 13 Jun 2011 |
| Nicolas Nahas | 13 Jun 2011 | 15 Feb 2014 |
| Alain Hakim | 15 Feb 2014 | 18 Dec 2016 |
| Raed Khoury | 18 Dec 2016 | 31 Jan 2019 |
| Monsour Bteish | 31 Jan 2019 | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Raoul Nehme[x] | 21 Jan 2020 | 10 Sep 2021 |
| Amin Salam | 10 Sep 2021 | Incumbent |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Position titled as Minister of Supplies and Reserves.[3]
- ^ a b c d Served simultaneously as Prime Minister.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Interior and Municipalities.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications from 22 August 1945 until 9 April 1946.
- ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications.
- ^ a b c d Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice.
- ^ a b c d e f Served simultaneously as Minister of Finance.
- ^ a b c Did not present themselves in front of Parliament and did not submit a ministerial statement.
- ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Education.
- ^ George Hakim was named Minister of Economy in March 1956.[4] The entire cabinet, except for Hakim and Public Works Minister Emile Boustany, resigned on 8 June 1956. By the time a newer cabinet had its first collective meeting on 9 June 1956, Hakim, who had been asked to stay on as economic minister, declined that position, instead choosing to return to his post as Lebanese minister to West Germany.[5] George Karam, a former minister, lumber importer and co-founder of Banque Nationale Foncière Commerciale et Industriale (BNCFI),[6] was offered two positions in the new cabinet, as Minister of Finance and Minister of Economy.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications from 23 May 1958 until 24 September 1958.
- ^ Their task was to hold parliamentary elections, and no ministerial statement was submitted.
- ^ Position retitled as Minister of National Economy.
- ^ Did not present themselves in front of Parliament, and submitted their resignation on 20 October 1968.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Defense.
- ^ After Suleiman Frangieh was elected President of Lebanon, Nassim Majdalani was appointed Minister of Economy to serve out the remainder of Frangieh's term.
- ^ a b Position retitled as Minister of Economy and Trade.
- ^ Did not present themselves in front of Parliament, and submitted their resignation on 14 June 1973. Their resignation was accepted 8 July 1973.
- ^ Did not submit a ministerial statement to Parliament.
- ^ Ministerial portfolios were redistributed and Joseph Skaff was appointed Minister of Economy.
- ^ Position retitled as Minister of Economy, Trade & Tourism.
- ^ Position retitled as Minister of Economy & Trade, & of Industry & Oil.
- ^ Resigned 10 August 2020, but remained in office as caretaker minister.
References
[edit]- ^ "Avant-projet d'une loi sur la Communication, l'Ecriture et les Transactions Electroniques" (PDF). May 2005.
- ^ "Contact Us." Ministry of Economy and Trade (Lebanon). Retrieved on 4 April 2019. "Lebanese Ministry of Economy & Trade - MOET Riyad El Soleh Street - Azarieh building - 5 floor"
- ^ "About The Ministry and Minister: Previous Ministers". Ministry Of Economy & Trade, Republic of Lebanon. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Premier of Lebanon Forms New Cabinet". The New York Times. 20 March 1956.
- ^ "New Beirut Cabinet Has Its First Meeting". The New York Times. 9 June 1956.
- ^ Safieddine, Hicham (2015). Economic Sovereignty and the Fetters of Finance: The Making of Lebanon’s Central Bank (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). University Of Toronto. pp. 132–133.
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