Ministry of Information (Lebanon)

The Ministry of Information is the ministry responsible for the distribution of information in Lebanon.[1]

List of Information ministers

Minister Term of office
Bassem Sabeh[2] Nov 1996 Dec 1998
Ghazi Aridi[3][4][5] 28 Oct 2000 2003
19 Jul 2005 2008
Melhem Antoun Riachy[6] 18 Dec 2016 06 May 2018
Jamal Al-Jarrah[7] 31 Jan 2019 21 Jan 2020
Manal Abdel Samad[8] 21 Jan 2020 09 Aug 2020
George Kurdahi[9] 10 Sep 2021 03 Dec 2021
Abbas Halabi 03 Dec 2021 10 Mar 2022
Ziad Makary[10] 10 Mar 2022 Incumbent

References

  1. ^ Yitzhak Oron, Ed. (1961). Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961. The Moshe Dayan Center. pp. 413–. GGKEY:4Q1FXYK79X8. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  2. ^ Who's Who in Lebanon (19th ed.). Beirut: Publitec Publications. 2007. p. 298. doi:10.1515/9783110945904.476. ISBN 978-3-598-07734-0.
  3. ^ "LEBANON - Oct. 26 - Hariri Forms Govt". APS Diplomat Recorder. Arab Press Service. 28 October 2000. Retrieved 24 January 2020 – via The Free Library.
  4. ^ Paraipan, Manuela (23 September 2007). "Interview with Ghazi Aridi, Lebanon's Minister of Information". World Security Network. Archived from the original on July 16, 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Profiles: Lebanon's new government". Lebanonwire. 12 July 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Minister of Information". Lebanese Ministry of Information. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Lebanese minister, two ex-ministers could face corruption trial". euronews.com. 12 September 2019.
  8. ^ Naharnet Newsdesk (21 January 2020). "New Lebanese Government Formed after 3 Months of Political Vacuum". Naharnet. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Lebanon's information minister quits to ease Saudi dispute". Reuters. 2021-12-03. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  10. ^ "Cabinet drops megacenters for May elections, appoints new information minister". L'Orient Today. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-04-22.