Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Lebanon)

Lebanese Republic
Ministry of Education and Higher Education
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Coat of arms of Lebanon
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Lebanon
HeadquartersBeirut Lebanon
33°52′47″N 35°29′10″E / 33.87972°N 35.48611°E / 33.87972; 35.48611
Agency executive
WebsiteOfficial website

The Republic of Lebanon Ministry of Education & Higher Education (Arabic: الجمهورية اللبنانية وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي) is a government agency of Lebanon headquartered in Beirut.

List of Education ministers

The following individuals have served as Minister of Education:[1]

Minister Term of office
Habib Abou Shahla 25 Sep 1943 09 Jan 1945
Wadih Naiim 09 Jan 1945 22 Aug 1945
Hamid Frangieh 22 Aug 1945 11 Apr 1946
Philippe Takla 11 Apr 1946 14 Dec 1946
Elias Khoury[a] 14 Dec 1946 07 Jun 1947
Hamid Frangieh 07 Jun 1947 01 Oct 1949
Riad Al Solh 01 Oct 1949 06 Oct 1949
Raeef Abi Al Lamaa 06 Oct 1949 14 Feb 1951
Edward Noun 14 Feb 1951 07 Jun 1951
Emile Lahoud 07 Jun 1951 11 Feb 1952
Antoine Stephan 11 Feb 1952 09 Sep 1952
Basil Trad[a][b] 09 Sep 1952 18 Sep 1952
Nazem Akkari[a][c] 18 Sep 1952 30 Sep 1952
Salim Haidar[a] 30 Sep 1952 30 Apr 1953
Pierre Edde 30 Apr 1953 16 Aug 1953
Nicholas Salem 16 Aug 1953 16 Sep 1954
Maurice Zouein 16 Sep 1954 09 Jul 1955
Salim Lahoud 09 Jul 1955 19 Sep 1955
Georges Hakim[d] 19 Sep 1955 08 Jun 1956
Fouad Ghosn 08 Jun 1956 18 Nov 1956
Charles Malek 18 Nov 1956 18 Aug 1957
Farid Qozma 18 Aug 1957 14 Mar 1958
Clovis El Khazen 14 May 1958 24 Sep 1958
Mohamad Safieddine 24 Sep 1958 14 Oct 1958
Pierre Gemayel 14 Oct 1958 07 Oct 1959
Fouad Boutros 07 Oct 1959 14 May 1960
Gebran Nahas[e] 14 May 1960 01 Aug 1960
Kamal Jumblatt 01 Aug 1960 20 May 1961
Mohamad Safieddine 20 May 1961 31 Oct 1961
Kamel Al Assad 31 Oct 1961 20 Feb 1964
Charles Helou 20 Feb 1964 18 Aug 1964
Gebran Nahas 18 Aug 1964 25 Sep 1964
Edmond Gaspard 25 Sep 1964 18 Nov 1964
Ghaleb Shahine 18 Nov 1964 25 Jul 1965
Sleiman El Zein 25 Jul 1965 09 Apr 1966
Fouad Boutros 09 Apr 1966 06 Dec 1966
Sleiman El Zein 06 Dec 1966 08 Feb 1968
Jean Aziz 08 Feb 1968 12 Oct 1968
Abdallah Yafi 12 Oct 1968 15 Jan 1969
Joseph Bou Khater 15 Jan 1969 13 Oct 1970
Ghassan Tueini 13 Oct 1970 20 Jan 1971
Najib Abou Haidar 20 Jan 1971 27 May 1972
Edward Honein 27 May 1972 09 Aug 1972
Henry Eddeh 09 Aug 1972 02 Oct 1972
Albert Moukhayber 02 Oct 1972 25 Apr 1973
Edmond Rizk 25 Apr 1973 31 Oct 1974
Majed Hamada 31 Oct 1974 23 May 1975
Moses Canaan 23 May 1975 01 Jul 1975
Philip Said 01 Jul 1975 16 Jun 1976
Camille Chamoun 16 Jun 1976 15 Sep 1976
Adel Osseiran 15 Sep 1976 09 Dec 1976
Assad Rizk 09 Dec 1976 16 Jul 1979
Peter War 16 Jul 1979 25 Oct 1980
Rebler Moawad 25 Oct 1980 10 Jul 1982
Issam Khoury 10 Jul 1982 30 Apr 1984
Salim Al Hos 30 Apr 1984 22 Sep 1988
Michel Aoun 22 Sep 1988 25 Nov 1989
Omar Karami 25 Nov 1989 24 Dec 1990
Peter War 24 Dec 1990 16 May 1992
Zaki Mzabudi 16 May 1992 31 Oct 1992
Michael Al-Dahir 31 Oct 1992 25 May 1995
Robert Ghanem 25 May 1995 11 Jul 1996
Jan Obaid 11 Jul 1996 04 Dec 1998
Muhammad Baydoun[f] 04 Dec 1998 26 Oct 2000
Abdul Rahim Murad 26 Oct 2000 17 Apr 2003
Samir Jisr[e] 17 Apr 2003 26 Oct 2004
Ahmad Minkara 26 Oct 2004 19 Apr 2005
Ghassan Salamé 19 Apr 2005 28 Apr 2005
Assad Rizk[f] 28 Apr 2005 19 Jul 2005
Khaled Kabbani 19 Jul 2005 11 Jul 2008
Bahia Hariri 11 Jul 2008 09 Nov 2009
Hassan Mneimneh 09 Nov 2009 13 Jun 2011
Hassan Diab 13 Jun 2011 19 Feb 2014
Elias Bou Saab 19 Feb 2014 18 Feb 2016
Marwan Hamadeh 18 Feb 2016 04 Feb 2019
Akram Chehayeb 04 Feb 2019 21 Jan 2020
Tarek Majzoub[g] 21 Jan 2020 10 Sep 2021
Abbas Halabi 10 Sep 2021 Incumbent

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Served simultaneously as Minister of Public Health.
  2. ^ Did not submit a ministerial statement to Parliament.
  3. ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications.
  4. ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Economy from 19 March 1956 until 8 June 1956.
  5. ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice.
  6. ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of Culture.
  7. ^ Resigned 10 August 2020, but remained in office as caretaker minister.

References

  1. ^ "الموقع الرسمي لوزارة التربية والتعليم العالي". www.mehe.gov.lb. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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