Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants (Lebanon)
Appearance
وزارة الخارجية والمغتربين | |
Palace of the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1947 | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1941 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Lebanon |
Headquarters | Rue Michel Bustros, Rmeil, Beirut 33°53′33″N 35°31′7″E / 33.89250°N 35.51861°E |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Cabinet of Lebanon |
Website | Official website |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants is the Lebanese government ministry in charge of the country's foreign affairs and maintaining relations with its large emigrant communities.
List of Foreign Affairs ministers
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Cabinet | Prime Minister | President | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | Salim Takla | 25 September 1943 | 11 January 1945† | 1 year, 108 days | Riad Solh I | Riad Al Solh | Bechara El Khoury | |
Riad Solh II | ||||||||
Abdul Hamid Karami | Abdul Hamid Karami | |||||||
2 | Henri Philippe Pharaoun | 13 January 1945 | 22 August 1945 | 221 days | ||||
3 | Hamid Frangieh | 22 August 1945 | 22 May 1946 | 273 days | Sami Solh II | Sami Solh | ||
4 | Philippe Takla | 22 May 1946 | 14 December 1946 | 206 days | Saadi Munla | Saadi Al Munla | ||
(2) | Henri Philippe Pharaoun | 14 December 1946 | 7 June 1947 | 185 days | Riad Solh III | Riad Al Solh | ||
(3) | Hamid Frangieh | 7 June 1947 | 1 October 1949 | 2 years, 116 days | Riad Solh IV | |||
Riad Solh V | ||||||||
(4) | Philippe Takla | 1 October 1949 | 14 February 1951 | 1 year, 136 days | Riad Solh VI | |||
5 | Hussein Al Oweini[a][b] | 14 February 1951 | 7 June 1951 | 113 days | Hussein Oweini I | Hussein Al Oweini | ||
6 | Charles Helou | 7 June 1951 | 11 February 1952 | 249 days | Abdallah Yafi III | Abdallah El-Yafi | ||
(4) | Philippe Takla | 11 February 1952 | 9 September 1952 | 211 days | Sami Solh III | Sami Solh | ||
7 | Nazem Akkari | 9 September 1952 | 14 September 1952 | 5 days | Nazem Akkari | Nazem Akkari | ||
8 | Saeb Salam | 14 September 1952 | 18 September 1952 | 4 days | Saeb Salam I | Saeb Salam | ||
(7) | Nazem Akkari | 18 September 1952 | 30 September 1952 | 12 days | Fouad Chehab | Fouad Chehab
Acting | ||
9 | Musa Mubarak | 30 September 1952 | 6 February 1953 | 129 days | Khaled Chehab II | Khaled Chehab | Camille Chamoun | |
10 | Khaled Chehab | 6 February 1953 | 30 April 1953 | 83 days | ||||
11 | Georges Hakim[c] | 30 April 1953 | 16 August 1953 | 108 days | Saeb Salam II | Saeb Salam | ||
12 | Alfred Naqqache[d] | 16 August 1953 | 9 July 1955 | 1 year, 327 days | Abdallah Yafi IV | Abdallah El-Yafi | ||
Abdallah Yafi V | ||||||||
Sami Solh IV | Sami Solh | |||||||
(3) | Hamid Frangieh | 9 July 1955 | 7 September 1955 | 60 days | Sami Solh V | |||
13 | Salim Lahoud | 7 September 1955 | 18 November 1956 | 1 year, 72 days | ||||
Rashid Karami I | Rashid Karami | |||||||
Abdallah Yafi VI | Abdallah El-Yafi | |||||||
Abdallah Yafi VII | ||||||||
14 | Charles Malik | 18 November 1956 | 24 September 1958 | 1 year, 310 days | Sami Solh VI | Sami Solh | ||
Sami Solh VII | ||||||||
Sami Solh VIII | ||||||||
(4) | Philippe Takla | 24 September 1958 | 14 October 1958 | 20 days | Rashid Karami II | Rashid Karami | Fouad Chehab | |
(5) | Hussein Al Oweini | 14 October 1958 | 14 May 1960 | 1 year, 213 days | Rashid Karami III | |||
(4) | Philippe Takla | 14 May 1960 | 1 April 1964 | 3 years, 323 days | Ahmad Daouk II | Ahmad Daouk | ||
Saeb Salam III | Saeb Salam | |||||||
Saeb Salam IV | ||||||||
Rashid Karami IV | Rashid Karami | |||||||
Hussein Oweini II | Hussein Al Oweini | |||||||
15 | Fouad Ammoun | 1 April 1964 | 18 November 1964 | 177 days | ||||
Hussein Oweini III | Charles Helou | |||||||
(4) | Philippe Takla | 18 November 1964 | 2 June 1965 | 196 days | Hussein Oweini IV | |||
(5) | Hussein Al Oweini | 2 June 1965 | 25 July 1965 | 53 days | ||||
(11) | Georges Hakim | 25 July 1965 | 9 April 1966 | 258 days | Rashid Karami V | Rashid Karami | ||
(4) | Philippe Takla[e] | 9 April 1966 | 6 December 1966 | 241 days | Abdallah Yafi VIII | Abdallah El-Yafi | ||
(11) | Georges Hakim | 6 December 1966 | 8 February 1968 | 1 year, 64 days | Rashid Karami VI | Rashid Karami | ||
16 | Fouad Boutros | 8 February 1968 | 12 October 1968 | 247 days | Abdallah Yafi IX | Abdallah El-Yafi | ||
17 | Ali Arab | 12 October 1968 | 20 October 1968 | 8 days | Abdallah Yafi X | |||
(5) | Hussein Al Oweini[a] | 20 October 1968 | 15 January 1969 | 87 days | Abdallah Yafi XI | |||
18 | Rashid Karami | 15 January 1969 | 22 January 1969 | 7 days | Rashid Karami VII | Rashid Karami | ||
19 | Yusuf Salim | 22 January 1969 | 25 November 1969 | 307 days | ||||
20 | Naseem Majdalani[c] | 25 November 1969 | 13 October 1970 | 322 days | Rashid Karami VIII | |||
21 | Khalil Abou Hamad | 13 October 1970 | 25 April 1973 | 2 years, 194 days | Saeb Salam V | Saeb Salam | Suleiman Frangieh | |
Saeb Salam VI | ||||||||
22 | Khatchig Babikian | 25 April 1973 | 8 July 1973 | 74 days | Amin Hafez | Amin Hafez | ||
23 | Fouad Naffah | 8 July 1973 | 31 October 1974 | 1 year, 115 days | Takieddine Solh | Takieddin el-Solh | ||
(4) | Philippe Takla | 31 October 1974 | 23 May 1975 | 204 days | Rachid Solh I | Rachid Solh | ||
24 | Lucien Dahdah | 23 May 1975 | 1 July 1975 | 39 days | Nureddine Rifai | Nureddine Rifai | ||
(4) | Philippe Takla | 1 July 1975 | 16 June 1976 | 351 days | Rashid Karami IX | Rashid Karami | ||
25 | Camille Chamoun | 16 June 1976 | 9 December 1976 | 176 days | ||||
(16) | Fouad Boutros[f] | 9 December 1976 | 7 October 1982 | 5 years, 302 days | Selim Hoss I | Salim Al-Huss | Élias Sarkis | |
Selim Hoss II | ||||||||
Shafik Wazzan I | Shafik Wazzan | |||||||
26 | Elie Salem | 7 October 1982 | 30 April 1984 | 1 year, 206 days | Shafik Wazzan II | Amine Gemayel | ||
(18) | Rashid Karami | 30 April 1984 | 1 June 1987† | 3 years, 32 days | Rashid Karami X | Rashid Karami | ||
27 | Salim Al-Huss
Acting until 24 November 1989 Disputed since 22 September 1988 |
2 June 1987 | 24 December 1990 | 3 years, 205 days | Salim Al-Huss
Acting | |||
Selim Hoss III | Salim Al-Huss
Acting | |||||||
Salim Al-Huss | Elias Hrawi | |||||||
- | Mohammad Nabil Quraitem
Disputed |
22 September 1988 | 22 September 1988 | Did not assume | Michel Aoun | Michel Aoun
Acting | ||
- | Michel Aoun
Disputed |
22 September 1988 | 13 October 1990 | 2 years, 21 days | ||||
28 | Farès Boueiz | 24 December 1990 | 16 September 1992 | 1 year, 267 days | Omar Karami I | Omar Karami | Elias Hrawi | |
Rachid Solh II | Rachid Solh | |||||||
29 | Nasri Maalouf[e] | 16 September 1992 | 31 October 1992 | 45 days | ||||
(28) | Farès Boueiz | 31 October 1992 | 4 December 1998 | 6 years, 34 days | Rafic Hariri I | Rafic Hariri | ||
Rafic Hariri II | ||||||||
Rafic Hariri III | ||||||||
(27) | Salim Al-Huss | 4 December 1998 | 26 October 2000 | 1 year, 327 days | Selim Hoss IV | Salim Al-Huss | Émile Lahoud | |
30 | Mahmoud Hammoud | 26 October 2000 | 17 April 2003 | 2 years, 173 days | Rafic Hariri IV | Rafic Hariri | ||
31 | Jean Obeid | 17 April 2003 | 26 October 2004 | 1 year, 192 days | Rafic Hariri V | |||
(30) | Mahmoud Hammoud | 26 October 2004 | 19 July 2005 | 266 days | Omar Karami II | Omar Karami | ||
Najib Mikati I | Najib Mikati | |||||||
32 | Fawzi Salloukh | 19 July 2005 | 24 November 2007 | 2 years, 128 days | Fouad Siniora I | Fouad Siniora | ||
- | Tarek Mitri[g]
Acting |
24 November 2007 | 11 July 2008 | 230 days | Fouad Siniora
Acting | |||
(32) | Fawzi Salloukh | 11 July 2008 | 13 September 2008 | 64 days | Fouad Siniora II | Fouad Siniora | Michel Suleiman | |
- | Nassib Lahoud
Acting |
13 September 2008 | 9 November 2009 | 1 year, 57 days | ||||
33 | Ali Al Shami | 9 November 2009 | 29 January 2010 | 81 days | Saad Hariri I | Saad Hariri | ||
- | Tarek Mitri
Acting |
29 January 2010 | 13 June 2011 | 1 year, 135 days | ||||
34 | Adnan Mansour | 13 June 2011 | 15 February 2014 | 2 years, 247 days | Najib Mikati II | Najib Mikati | ||
35 | Gebran Bassil | 15 February 2014 | 25 May 2014 | 99 days | Tammam Salam | Tammam Salam | ||
- | Akram Chehayeb
Acting |
25 May 2014 | 18 December 2016 | 2 years, 207 days | Tammam Salam
Acting | |||
(35) | Gebran Bassil | 18 December 2016 | 21 January 2020 | 3 years, 34 days | Saad Hariri II | Saad Hariri | Michel Aoun | |
Saad Hariri III | ||||||||
36 | Charbel Wehbe | 21 January 2020 | 10 September 2021 | 1 year, 232 days | Hassan Diab | Hassan Diab | ||
37 | Abdallah Bou Habib | 10 September 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 80 days | Najib Mikati III | Najib Mikati | ||
Najib Mikati
Acting |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of National Defense.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Interior and Municipalities.
- ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of Economy and Trade.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice from 1 March 1954 to 16 September 1954.
- ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of National Defense from 9 December 1976 to 20 December 1978.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Culture.