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.
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 |
List of Foreign Affairs ministers
editNo. | 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, 100 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.