Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants (Lebanon)

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.

Lebanese Republic
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
وزارة الخارجية والمغتربين

Palace of the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1947
Agency overview
Formed1941
JurisdictionGovernment of Lebanon
HeadquartersRue Michel Bustros, Rmeil, Beirut
33°53′33″N 35°31′7″E / 33.89250°N 35.51861°E / 33.89250; 35.51861
Agency executive
Parent agencyCabinet of Lebanon
WebsiteOfficial website

List of Foreign Affairs ministers

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No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)
Term of office Cabinet Prime Minister President
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, 100 days Najib Mikati III Najib Mikati
Najib Mikati

Acting

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of National Defense.
  2. ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Interior and Municipalities.
  3. ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of Economy and Trade.
  4. ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice from 1 March 1954 to 16 September 1954.
  5. ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice.
  6. ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of National Defense from 9 December 1976 to 20 December 1978.
  7. ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Culture.
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