Ministry of Public Health (Lebanon)
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The Ministry of Public Health (Arabic: وزارة الصحّة العامة) is a ministry of the government of the Republic of Lebanon.[2][3] As of 2024[update], the Minister of Health is Firass Abiad.[4]
The ministry's Department of Primary Healthcare operates over 200 primary health care centres across Lebanon.[5][6] The ministry operates a network of 31 government-operated hospitals.[7]
Its headquarters are in Bir Hassan, in the Jnah neighborhood of the capital city Beirut.[2]
List of Public Health ministers
[edit]| Minister | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|
| Majid Arslan[a] | 25 Sep 1943 | 9 Jan 1945 |
| Ahmed al-Asaad | 9 Jan 1945 | 22 Aug 1945 |
| Jamil Talhouk | 22 Aug 1945 | 22 May 1946 |
| Majid Arslan[a] | 22 May 1946 | 14 Dec 1946 |
| Elias Khoury[b] | 14 Dec 1946 | 7 Jun 1947 |
| Camille Chamoun | 7 Jun 1947 | 26 Jul 1948 |
| Elias Khoury | 26 Jul 1948 | 1 Oct 1949 |
| Raiif Abillamah | 1 Oct 1949 | 14 Feb 1951 |
| Boulos Fayad[c] | 14 Feb 1951 | 7 Jun 1951 |
| Bahij Taq-al-Din | 7 Jun 1951 | 11 Feb 1952 |
| Majid Arslan[a] | 11 Feb 1952 | 9 Sep 1952 |
| Basil Trad[b][d] | 9 Sep 1952 | 18 Sep 1952 |
| Nazem Akkari[b][e] | 18 Sep 1952 | 30 Sep 1952 |
| Salim Haidar[b] | 30 Sep 1952 | 30 Apr 1953 |
| Rashid Baydoun | 30 Apr 1953 | 16 Aug 1953 |
| Kazem al-Khalil | 16 Aug 1953 | 16 Sep 1954 |
| Charles Helou[c] | 16 Sep 1954 | 9 Jul 1955 |
| Gabriel Murr[c] | 9 Jul 1955 | 19 Sep 1955 |
| Nazih Bizri | 19 Sep 1955 | 18 Nov 1956 |
| Majid Arslan | 18 Nov 1956 | 18 Aug 1957 |
| Joseph Skaff | 18 Aug 1957 | 14 Mar 1958 |
| Albert Mokhaiber | 14 Mar 1958 | 24 Sep 1958 |
| Mohamed Safieddine[d] | 24 Sep 1958 | 14 Oct 1958 |
| Pierre Gemayel | 14 Oct 1958 | 14 May 1960 |
| Awad Mikdad | 14 May 1960 | 1 Aug 1960 |
| Elias Khoury | 1 Aug 1960 | 20 May 1961 |
| Pierre Gemayel[f] | 20 May 1961 | 31 Oct 1961 |
| Ali Bazze | 31 Oct 1961 | 20 Feb 1964 |
| Mohamed Knio[e] | 20 Feb 1964 | 18 Nov 1964 |
| Yacoub Sarraf | 18 Nov 1964 | 25 Jul 1965 |
| Mohamed Knio[g] | 25 Jul 1965 | 9 Apr 1966 |
| Kamel Asaad | 9 Apr 1966 | 6 Dec 1966 |
| Nassib Barbir | 6 Dec 1966 | 8 Feb 1968 |
| Khaled Joumblat | 8 Feb 1968 | 12 Oct 1968 |
| Pierre Gemayel[e][g] | 12 Oct 1968 | 15 Jan 1969 |
| Khatchig Babikian | 15 Jan 1969 | 25 Nov 1969 |
| Habib Moutran | 25 Nov 1969 | 13 Oct 1970 |
| Emile Bitar | 13 Oct 1970 | 27 May 1972 |
| Nazih Bizri | 27 May 1972 | 25 Apr 1973 |
| Amin Hafez[h] | 25 Apr 1973 | 8 Jul 1973 |
| Ousman Dana | 8 Jul 1973 | 30 Oct 1974 |
| Majid Arslan | 30 Oct 1974 | 23 May 1975 |
| Nureddine Rifai[d][i] | 23 May 1975 | 1 Jul 1975 |
| Majid Arslan | 1 Jul 1975 | 9 Dec 1976 |
| Ibrahim Cheaito | 9 Dec 1976 | 16 Jul 1979 |
| Talal El Merhebi | 16 Jul 1979 | 25 Oct 1980 |
| Nazih Bizri | 25 Oct 1980 | 8 Oct 1982 |
| Adnan Mroueh | 8 Oct 1982 | 29 Apr 1984 |
| Pierre Gemayel[e][j] | 30 Apr 1984 | 29 Aug 1984 |
| Joseph Hashem[e] | 29 Aug 1984 | 22 Sep 1988 |
| Edgar Maalouf[f] | 22 Sep 1988 | 25 Nov 1989 |
| Abdullah Rassi | 25 Nov 1989 | 23 Dec 1990 |
| Jamil Kebbeh | 24 Dec 1990 | 15 May 1992 |
| Marwan Hamadeh | 16 May 1992 | 7 Nov 1996 |
| Suleiman Frangieh | 7 Nov 1996 | 4 Dec 1998 |
| Karam Karam | 4 Dec 1998 | 26 Oct 2000 |
| Suleiman Frangieh | 26 Oct 2000 | 26 Oct 2004 |
| Mohammad Khalifeh | 26 Oct 2004 | 13 Jan 2011 |
| Position vacant | 13 Jan 2011 | 13 Jun 2011 |
| Ali Hassan Khalil | 13 Jun 2011 | 15 Feb 2014 |
| Wael Abou Faour | 15 Feb 2014 | 18 Dec 2016 |
| Ghassan Hasbani | 18 Dec 2016 | 31 Jan 2019 |
| Jamil Jabak | 31 Jan 2019 | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Hamad Hasan[k] | 21 Jan 2020 | 10 Sep 2021 |
| Firass Abiad | 10 Sep 2021 | Incumbent |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Served simultaneously as Minister of National Defense.
- ^ a b c d Served simultaneously as Minister of Education.
- ^ a b c Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice.
- ^ a b c Did not submit a ministerial statement to Parliament.
- ^ a b c d e Served simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications.
- ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of Finance.
- ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of Interior and Municipalities.
- ^ Resigned 14 June 1973. Their resignation was accepted on 8 July 1973.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice until June 1975.
- ^ Died while in office, 29 August 1984.
- ^ Resigned 10 August 2020, but remained in office as caretaker minister.
References
[edit]- ^ "Line-Up of Najib Miqati's Government Announced". m.naharnet.com. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ a b "Partner - Ministry of Public Health Lebanon". data.unhcr.org. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- ^ "Ministry of Public Health (Lebanon) | GHDx". ghdx.healthdata.org. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- ^ Inskeep, Steve (September 20, 2024). "Lebanese health minister discusses his country's response to pager explosions". NPR. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ emhj. "The primary healthcare network in Lebanon: a national facility assessment". World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ "Lebanon Primary Health Care Network in Urgent Need of Fuel Support (March 2022) - Lebanon | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ "Health Facility Locator". www.moph.gov.lb. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
