Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon

Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon
since 10 September 2021
StyleHis/Her Excellency
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
ResidenceBeirut
AppointerPrime Minister
Inaugural holderHabib Abu Shahla
FormationSeptember 25, 1943

The office of Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon was formed in 1943.[1] The National Pact stipulates that the Deputy Prime Minister should always be Greek Orthodox Christian.[2]

List

No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Term Political party Source
Took office Left office Time in office Appointed by President
1 Habib Abu Shahla September 25, 1943 July 3, 1944 282 days Riad Solh Bechara El Khoury   National Bloc [3]
(1) July 3, 1944 January 9, 1945 1 year, 106 days
2 Nicolas Ghosn January 9, 1945 August 22, 1945 225 days Abdul Hamid Karami   Marada
3 Gabriel El Murr August 22, 1945 May 22, 1946 1 year, 133 days Sami El Solh   Independent
(3) May 22, 1946 December 14, 1946 206 days
4 Sabri Hamadeh December 14, 1946 June 7, 1947 175 days Riad Al Solh   Independent
(3) Gabriel El Murr June 7, 1947 July 26, 1948 1 year, 49 days   Independent [4]
(3) July 26, 1948 1 October 1949 1 year, 67 days
5 Gibran Nahas 1 October 1949 February 14, 1951 1 year, 136 days   Constitutional Bloc
6 Philip Najib Boulos

(Philip Paul)

June 7, 1951 February 11, 1952 249 days Abdullah El Yafi   Independent [5]
7 Fouad Al-Khoury February 11, 1952 September 9, 1952 249 days Sami El Solh   Constitutional Bloc
8 Basil Trad September 9, 1952 September 14, 1952 5 days Nazem Akkari   Independent
(8) September 14, 1952 September 18, 1952 4 days Saeb Salam
9 Nazem Akkari September 18, 1952 September 30, 1952 12 days Fouad Chehab Fouad Chehab   Military
(3) Gabriel El Murr September 16, 1954 July 9, 1955 296 days Sami El Solh Camille Chamoun   Independent [6]
(3) July 9, 1955 September 19, 1955 72 days
10 Fouad Nicolas Ghosn September 19, 1955 March 19, 1956 182 days Rashid Karami   Marada
11 Naseem Majdalani August 1, 1960 May 20, 1961 292 days Saeb Salam Fouad Chehab   Progressive Socialist Party [7]
12 Philippe Najib Boulos May 20, 1961 October 31, 1961 164 days   Independent
October 31, 1961 February 20, 1964 2 years, 112 days Rashid Karami   Independent
(5) Gibran Nahas February 20, 1964 September 25, 1964 218 days Hussein Al Oweini   Constitutional Bloc
September 25, 1964 November 18, 1964 54 days Charles Helou
(11) Naseem Majdalani November 18, 1964 July 25, 1965 249 days   Progressive Socialist Party [8]
13 Fouad Boutros April 9, 1966 December 6, 1966 241 days Abdullah Al Yafi   Independent
February 8, 1968 October 12, 1968 247 days
(10) Fouad Nicolas Ghosn October 12, 1968 October 20, 1968 8 days   Marada
(11) Naseem Majdalani January 15, 1969 November 25, 1969 314 days Rashid Karami   Progressive Socialist Party [9]
(10) Fouad Nicolas Ghosn November 25, 1969 October 13, 1970 322 days   Marada
14 Ghassan Tueni October 13, 1970 May 27, 1972 1 year, 227 days Saeb Salam Suleiman Franjieh   Independent
15 Albert Moukheiber May 27, 1972 April 25, 1973 333 days   National Bloc
(10) Fouad Nicolas Ghosn April 25, 1973 July 8, 1973 74 days Amin Al-Hafez   Marada
July 8, 1973 October 31, 1974 1 year, 115 days Takieddin el-Solh
16 Michel Georges Sassine October 31, 1974 May 23, 1975 204 days Rachid Solh   Independent [10]
17 Moussa Kanaan May 23, 1975 July 1, 1975 39 days Nureddine Rifai   Independent
(13) Fouad Boutros December 9, 1976 July 16, 1979 2 years, 219 days Salim al-Hoss Elias Sarkis   Independent
July 16, 1979 October 25, 1980 1 year, 101 days
October 25, 1980 October 7, 1982 1 year, 347 days Shafik Wazzan
18 Elie Salem October 7, 1982 April 30, 1984 1 year, 206 days Amin Gemayel   Independent
19 Victor Kassir April 30, 1984 September 22, 1988 4 years, 145 days Rashid Karami   Independent
20 Issam Abu Jamra September 22, 1988 October 13, 1990 2 years, 21 days Michel Aoun Michel Aoun   Military
(16) Michel Georges Sassine October 13, 1990 December 24, 1990 72 days Salim al-Hoss Elias Hrawi   Independent
21 Michel Murr December 24, 1990 May 16, 1992 1 year, 144 days Omar Karami   Independent
May 16, 1992 October 31, 1992 168 days Rachid Solh [11]
November 7, 1996 November 24, 1998 2 years, 17 days Rafic Hariri
22 Issam Fares October 26, 2000 17 April 2003 2 years, 173 days Emile Lahoud   Independent
17 April 2003 October 26, 2004 1 year, 192 days
October 26, 2004 April 19, 2005 175 days Omar Karami
23 Elias Murr April 19, 2005 July 19, 2005 91 days Najib Mikati   Independent [12]
July 19, 2005 November 13, 2005 117 days Fouad Siniora [13]
(20) Issam Abu Jamra July 11, 2008 November 9, 2009 1 year, 121 days Michel Suleiman   Free Patriotic Movement
(23) Elias Murr November 9, 2009 12 January 2011 1 year, 64 days Saad Hariri   Independent
24 Samir Mouqbel 13 June 2011 23 March 2013 2 years, 70 days Najib Mikati   Independent [14]
15 February 2014 18 December 2016 2 years, 307 days Tammam Salam [15]
25 Ghassan Hasbani 18 December 2016 3 February 2019 2 years, 47 days Saad Hariri Michel Aoun   Lebanese Forces [16]
3 February 2019 29 October 2019 268 days [17]
26 Zeina Akar 21 January 2020 10 September 2021 1 year, 232 days Hassan Diab   Free Patriotic Movement [18]
27 Saadeh Al Shami 10 September 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 109 days Najib Mikati   Syrian Social Nationalist Party [19]

See also

References

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