Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Lebanon)
Appearance
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Formed | 1943 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Lebanon |
Headquarters | Hamra, Beirut |
Agency executive |
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Website | Official website |
Member State of the Arab League |
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The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Arabic: وزارة الداخلية والبلديات) in Lebanon is responsible for governorate, caza, municipalities, federation of municipalities and village matters, in addition to political parties and organizations.[1]
The ministry was created in the first post-independence government in 1943. In 2000, it was named the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities. Since 10 September 2021, the ministry has been led by Bassam Mawlawi.[2]
List of Interior and Municipalities ministers
[edit]Minister | Term of office | |
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Camille Chamoun[a] | 25 Sep 1943 | 03 Jul 1944 |
Riad Al Solh[b][c] | 03 Jul 1944 | 09 Jan 1945 |
Wadih Naeem | 09 Jan 1945 | 22 Aug 1945 |
Youssef Salam | 22 Aug 1945 | 22 May 1946 |
Saeb Salam | 22 May 1946 | 14 Dec 1946 |
Sabry Hamada | 14 Dec 1946 | 07 Jun 1947 |
Camille Chamoun | 07 Jun 1947 | 26 Jul 1948 |
Gabriel Murr | 26 Jul 1948 | 01 Oct 1949 |
Elias El Khoury | 01 Oct 1949 | 14 Feb 1951 |
Hussein Al Oweini[c][d] | 14 Feb 1951 | 07 Jun 1951 |
Abdallah Yafi[c] | 07 Jun 1951 | 11 Feb 1952 |
Sami as-Solh[c] | 11 Feb 1952 | 09 Sep 1952 |
Nazem Akkari[c] | 09 Sep 1952 | 14 Sep 1952 |
Saeb Salam[c] | 14 Sep 1952 | 18 Sep 1952 |
Fuad Chehab[c] | 18 Sep 1952 | 30 Sep 1952 |
Khaled Shehab[c] | 30 Sep 1952 | 30 Apr 1953 |
Saeb Salam[c] | 30 Apr 1953 | 16 Aug 1953 |
Abdallah Yafi[c] | 16 Aug 1953 | 03 Jan 1954 |
George Hrawi | 03 Jan 1954 | 16 Sep 1954 |
Gabriel Murr | 16 Sep 1954 | 09 Jul 1955 |
Mohieddin Al Nasuli | 09 Jul 1955 | 19 Sep 1955 |
Rashid Karami[c] | 19 Sep 1955 | 19 Mar 1956 |
Abdallah Yafi[c] | 19 Mar 1956 | 18 Nov 1956 |
Sami as-Solh[c][e] | 18 Nov 1956 | 24 Sep 1958 |
Rashid Karami | 24 Sep 1958 | 14 Oct 1958 |
Raymond Edde[f] | 14 Oct 1958 | 14 May 1960 |
Edmond Kaspar | 14 May 1960 | 01 Aug 1960 |
Saeb Salam[c] | 01 Aug 1960 | 20 May 1961 |
Abdullah Al Mashnouk | 20 May 1961 | 31 Oct 1961 |
Kamal Jumblatt | 31 Oct 1961 | 20 Feb 1964 |
Hussein Al Oweini[c] | 20 Feb 1964 | 18 Nov 1964 |
Takieddin el-Solh | 18 Nov 1964 | 25 Jul 1965 |
Muhammad Kneiu[g] | 25 Jul 1965 | 09 Apr 1966 |
Pierre Gemayel | 09 Apr 1966 | 06 Dec 1966 |
Badri Al Maoushi | 06 Dec 1966 | 08 Feb 1968 |
Suleiman Frangieh | 08 Feb 1968 | 12 Oct 1968 |
Abdallah Yafi[c] | 12 Oct 1968 | 20 Oct 1968 |
Pierre Gemayel[a][g] | 20 Oct 1968 | 15 Jan 1969 |
Adel Osseiran | 15 Jan 1969 | 25 Nov 1969 |
Kamal Jumblatt | 25 Nov 1969 | 13 Oct 1970 |
Saeb Salam[c] | 13 Oct 1970 | 25 Apr 1973 |
Bashir Al Awar | 25 Apr 1973 | 08 Jul 1973 |
Bahij Taq-al-Din | 08 Jul 1973 | 31 Oct 1974 |
Rashid al-Solh[c] | 31 Oct 1974 | 23 May 1975 |
Said Nasrallah | 23 May 1975 | 01 Jul 1975 |
Camille Chamoun[a] | 01 Jul 1975 | 09 Feb 1976 |
Salah Salman | 09 Feb 1976 | 16 Jul 1979 |
Bahij Taq-al-Din | 16 Jul 1979 | 25 Oct 1980 |
Shafiq Wazzan[c] | 25 Oct 1980 | 30 Apr 1984 |
Abdullah Rassi | 30 Apr 1984 | 25 Nov 1989 |
Elias El Khazen | 25 Nov 1989 | 24 Dec 1990 |
Sami Al Khatib | 24 Dec 1990 | 31 Oct 1992 |
Bishara Merhej | 31 Oct 1992 | 09 Feb 1994 |
Michel Murr | 09 Feb 1994 | 26 Oct 2000 |
Elias Murr | 25 Oct 2000 | 26 Oct 2004 |
Suleiman Frangieh | 26 Oct 2004 | 19 Apr 2005 |
Hassan Sabeh | 19 Apr 2005 | 11 Jul 2008 |
Ziad Baroud | 11 Jul 2008 | 13 Jun 2011 |
Marwan Charbel | 13 Jun 2011 | 15 Feb 2014 |
Nohad Machnouk | 15 Feb 2014 | 31 Jan 2019 |
Raya Haffar Al Hassan | 31 Jan 2019 | 21 Jan 2020 |
Mohamed Fahmy[h] | 21 Jan 2020 | 10 Sep 2021 |
Bassam Mawlawi | 10 Sep 2021 | Incumbent |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Served simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Economy and Trade.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Served simultaneously as Prime Minister.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice until January 1957.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications until 7 October 1959.
- ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of Public Health.
- ^ Resigned 10 August 2020, but remained in office as caretaker minister.
References
[edit]- ^ Imad Salamey (15 October 2013). The Government and Politics of Lebanon. Routledge. p. 153. ISBN 9781135011338. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "Lأمين عام مجلس الوزراء يعلن أسماء أعضاء الحكومة الجديدة". El Nashra. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2021.