Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon

Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon
Incumbent Tarek Mitri since 8 February 2025
Style	His/Her Excellency
Member of	Council of Ministers
Residence	Beirut
Appointer	Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Habib Abu Shahla
Formation	September 25, 1943

The office of Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon was formed in 1943. ^[1] The National Pact stipulates that the Deputy Prime Minister should always be Greek Orthodox Christian. ^[2]

List

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term					Political party	Source
			Took office	Left office	Time in office	Appointed by	President
1		Habib Abu Shahla	September 25, 1943	July 3, 1944	282 days	Riad Solh	Bechara El Khoury	National Bloc	[3]
(1)			July 3, 1944	January 9, 1945	1 year, 106 days
2		Nicolas Ghosn	January 9, 1945	August 22, 1945	225 days	Abdul Hamid Karami		Marada
3		Gabriel El Murr	August 22, 1945	May 22, 1946	1 year, 133 days	Sami El Solh		Independent
(3)			May 22, 1946	December 14, 1946	206 days
4		Sabri Hamadeh	December 14, 1946	June 7, 1947	175 days	Riad Al Solh		Independent
(3)		Gabriel El Murr	June 7, 1947	July 26, 1948	1 year, 49 days			Independent	[4]
(3)			July 26, 1948	1 October 1949	1 year, 67 days
5		Gibran Nahas	1 October 1949	February 14, 1951	1 year, 136 days			Constitutional Bloc
6		Philip Najib Boulos	June 7, 1951	February 11, 1952	249 days	Abdullah El Yafi		Independent	[5]
7		Fouad Al-Khoury	February 11, 1952	September 9, 1952	249 days	Sami El Solh		Constitutional Bloc
8		Basil Trad	September 9, 1952	September 14, 1952	5 days	Nazem Akkari		Independent
(8)			September 14, 1952	September 18, 1952	4 days	Saeb Salam
9		Nazem Akkari	September 18, 1952	September 30, 1952	12 days	Fouad Chehab	Fouad Chehab	Military
(3)		Gabriel El Murr	September 16, 1954	July 9, 1955	296 days	Sami El Solh	Camille Chamoun	Independent	[6]
(3)			July 9, 1955	September 19, 1955	72 days
10		Fouad Nicolas Ghosn	September 19, 1955	March 19, 1956	182 days	Rashid Karami		Marada
11		Naseem Majdalani	August 1, 1960	May 20, 1961	292 days	Saeb Salam	Fouad Chehab	Progressive Socialist Party	[7]
12		Philippe Najib Boulos	May 20, 1961	October 31, 1961	164 days			Independent
			October 31, 1961	February 20, 1964	2 years, 112 days	Rashid Karami		Independent
(5)		Gibran Nahas	February 20, 1964	September 25, 1964	218 days	Hussein Al Oweini		Constitutional Bloc
			September 25, 1964	November 18, 1964	54 days		Charles Helou
(11)		Naseem Majdalani	November 18, 1964	July 25, 1965	249 days			Progressive Socialist Party	[8]
13		Fouad Boutros	April 9, 1966	December 6, 1966	241 days	Abdullah Al Yafi		Independent
			February 8, 1968	October 12, 1968	247 days
(10)		Fouad Nicolas Ghosn	October 12, 1968	October 20, 1968	8 days			Marada
(11)		Naseem Majdalani	January 15, 1969	November 25, 1969	314 days	Rashid Karami		Progressive Socialist Party	[9]
(10)		Fouad Nicolas Ghosn	November 25, 1969	October 13, 1970	322 days			Marada
14		Ghassan Tueni	October 13, 1970	May 27, 1972	1 year, 227 days	Saeb Salam	Suleiman Franjieh	Independent
15		Albert Moukheiber	May 27, 1972	April 25, 1973	333 days			National Bloc
(10)		Fouad Nicolas Ghosn	April 25, 1973	July 8, 1973	74 days	Amin Al-Hafez		Marada
			July 8, 1973	October 31, 1974	1 year, 115 days	Takieddin el-Solh
16		Michel Georges Sassine	October 31, 1974	May 23, 1975	204 days	Rachid Solh		Independent	[10]
17		Moussa Kanaan	May 23, 1975	July 1, 1975	39 days	Nureddine Rifai		Independent
(13)		Fouad Boutros	December 9, 1976	July 16, 1979	2 years, 219 days	Salim al-Hoss	Elias Sarkis	Independent
			July 16, 1979	October 25, 1980	1 year, 101 days
			October 25, 1980	October 7, 1982	1 year, 347 days	Shafik Wazzan
18		Elie Salem	October 7, 1982	April 30, 1984	1 year, 206 days		Amin Gemayel	Independent
19		Victor Kassir	April 30, 1984	September 22, 1988	4 years, 145 days	Rashid Karami		Independent
20		Issam Abu Jamra	September 22, 1988	October 13, 1990	2 years, 21 days	Michel Aoun	Michel Aoun	Military
(16)		Michel Georges Sassine	October 13, 1990	December 24, 1990	72 days	Salim al-Hoss	Elias Hrawi	Independent
21		Michel Murr	December 24, 1990	May 16, 1992	1 year, 144 days	Omar Karami		Independent
			May 16, 1992	October 31, 1992	168 days	Rachid Solh			[11]
			November 7, 1996	November 24, 1998	2 years, 17 days	Rafic Hariri
22		Issam Fares	October 26, 2000	17 April 2003	2 years, 173 days		Emile Lahoud	Independent
			17 April 2003	October 26, 2004	1 year, 192 days
			October 26, 2004	April 19, 2005	175 days	Omar Karami
23		Elias Murr	April 19, 2005	July 19, 2005	91 days	Najib Mikati		Independent	[12]
			July 19, 2005	November 13, 2005	117 days	Fouad Siniora			[13]
(20)		Issam Abu Jamra	July 11, 2008	November 9, 2009	1 year, 121 days		Michel Suleiman	Free Patriotic Movement
(23)		Elias Murr	November 9, 2009	12 January 2011	1 year, 64 days	Saad Hariri		Independent
24		Samir Mouqbel	13 June 2011	23 March 2013	2 years, 70 days	Najib Mikati		Independent	[14]
			15 February 2014	18 December 2016	2 years, 307 days	Tammam Salam			[15]
25		Ghassan Hasbani	18 December 2016	3 February 2019	2 years, 47 days	Saad Hariri	Michel Aoun	Lebanese Forces	[16]
			3 February 2019	29 October 2019	268 days				[17]
26		Zeina Akar	21 January 2020	10 September 2021	1 year, 232 days	Hassan Diab		Free Patriotic Movement	[18]
27		Saadeh Al Shami	10 September 2021	8 February 2025	3 years, 151 days	Najib Mikati		Syrian Social Nationalist Party	[19]
28		Tarek Mitri	8 February 2025	Incumbent	270 days	Nawaf Salam	Joseph Aoun	Independent	[20]

See also

• Lebanon portal

• Government of Lebanon

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