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The Ministry of Telecommunications is the government ministry responsible for telecommunications in Lebanon. [1]
Minister | Term of office | |
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Camille Chamoun [lower-alpha 1] | 25 Sep 1943 | 03 Jul 1944 |
Mohamad El Fadil | 03 Jul 1944 | 09 Jan 1945 |
Nicolas Ghosn | 09 Jan 1945 | 22 Aug 1945 |
Sami as-Solh [lower-alpha 2] | 22 Aug 1945 | 09 Apr 1946 |
Philippe Takla | 09 Apr 1946 | 22 May 1946 |
Youssef El Hrawi | 22 May 1946 | 12 Dec 1946 |
Majid Arslan | 14 Dec 1946 | 07 Jun 1947 |
07 Jun 1947 | 26 Jul 1948 | |
Philippe Takla [lower-alpha 2] | 26 Jul 1948 | 01 Oct 1949 |
Hussein Al Oweini | 01 Oct 1949 | 06 Oct 1949 |
Jubran Nahas | 06 Oct 1949 | 14 Feb 1951 |
Khalil Abou Jawdeh | 14 Feb 1951 | 14 Feb 1951 |
Edward Noun | 14 Feb 1951 | 07 Jun 1951 |
Mohamad Safieddine | 07 Jun 1951 | 11 Feb 1952 |
Hussain El Abdallah | 11 Feb 1952 | 09 Sep 1952 |
Moussa Mubarak | 09 Sep 1952 | 14 Sep 1952 |
14 Sep 1952 | 18 Sep 1952 | |
Nazem Akkari | 18 Sep 1952 | 30 Sep 1952 |
Moussa Mubarak | 30 Sep 1952 | 06 Feb 1953 |
Salim Haidar | 06 Feb 1953 | 30 Apr 1953 |
Rashid Baydoun | 30 Apr 1953 | 16 Aug 1953 |
Bashir El Aawar | 16 Aug 1953 | 01 Mar 1954 |
Nicolas Salem | 01 Mar 1954 | 16 Sep 1954 |
Salim Haidar | 16 Sep 1954 | 09 Jul 1955 |
09 Jul 1955 | 19 Sep 1955 | |
Kazem al-Khalil | 19 Sep 1955 | 19 Mar 1956 |
Mohamad Sabra | 19 Mar 1956 | 08 Jun 1956 |
Fouad Ghosn | 08 Jun 1956 | 18 Nov 1956 |
Majid Arslan | 18 Nov 1956 | 18 Aug 1957 |
18 Aug 1957 | 14 Mar 1958 | |
Bashir El Uthman | 14 Mar 1958 | 23 May 1958 |
Kazem al-Khalil [lower-alpha 2] | 23 May 1958 | 24 Sep 1958 |
Fouad Najjar | 24 Sep 1958 | 14 Oct 1958 |
Raymond Idah | 14 Oct 1958 | 07 Oct 1959 |
Mourice Zouein | 07 Oct 1959 | 14 May 1960 |
Fouad Najjar | 14 May 1960 | 01 Aug 1960 |
Suleiman Frangieh | 01 Aug 1960 | 20 May 1961 |
20 May 1961 | 31 Oct 1961 | |
Rene Moawad | 31 Oct 1961 | 20 Feb 1964 |
Mohamad Kneiio | 20 Feb 1964 | 25 Sep 1964 |
25 Sep 1964 | 18 Nov 1964 | |
Antoine Sehnaoui | 18 Nov 1964 | 25 Jul 1965 |
Joseph Najjar | 25 Jul 1965 | 09 Apr 1966 |
Kamal Jumblat | 09 Apr 1966 | 06 Dec 1966 |
Micheal Idah | 06 Dec 1966 | 08 Feb 1968 |
Rashid Baydoun | 08 Feb 1968 | 11 Apr 1968 |
Joseph Najjar | 11 Apr 1968 | 12 Oct 1968 |
Fouad Ghosn | 12 Oct 1968 | 20 Oct 1968 |
Pierre Gemayel [lower-alpha 1] | 20 Oct 1968 | 15 Jan 1969 |
Michel Murr | 15 Jan 1969 | 25 Nov 1969 |
Fouad Ghosn | 25 Nov 1969 | 13 Oct 1970 |
Jamil Kibbi | 13 Oct 1970 | 27 May 1972 |
27 May 1972 | 25 Apr 1973 | |
Tony Franjieh | 25 Apr 1973 | 08 Jul 1973 |
08 Jul 1973 | 31 Oct 1974 | |
31 Oct 1974 | 23 May 1975 | |
Francois Jinadri | 23 May 1975 | 01 Jul 1975 |
Camille Chamoun | 01 Jul 1975 | 15 Sep 1976 |
Joseph Skaff | 15 Sep 1976 | 09 Dec 1976 |
Farid Roufayil | 12 Dec 1976 | 16 Jul 1979 |
Michel Murr | 16 Jul 1979 | 25 Oct 1980 |
25 Oct 1980 | 08 Oct 1982 | |
Georges Efram | 08 Oct 1982 | 30 Apr 1984 |
Pierre Gemayel | 30 Apr 1984 | 29 Aug 1984 |
Joseph El Hachem | 29 Aug 1984 | 22 Sep 1988 |
Issam Abu Jamra [lower-alpha 2] | 22 Sep 1988 | 25 Nov 1989 |
George Saadeh | 25 Nov 1989 | 24 Dec 1990 |
24 Dec 1990 | 16 May 1992 | |
16 May 1992 | 31 Oct 1992 | |
Mohamad Ghazirs | 31 Oct 1992 | 25 May 1995 |
AlFadl Chalak | 25 May 1995 | 07 Nov 1996 |
Rafiq Hariri | 07 Nov 1996 | 24 Dec 1998 |
Issam Naaman | 24 Dec 1998 | 26 Oct 2000 |
Jean-Louis Cardahi | 26 Oct 2000 | 17 Apr 2003 |
17 Apr 2003 | 26 Oct 2004 | |
26 Oct 2004 | 19 Apr 2005 | |
Alain Tabourian | 19 Apr 2005 | 19 Jul 2005 |
Marwan Hamadé | 19 Jul 2005 | 11 Jul 2008 |
Gebran Bassil | 11 Jul 2008 | 09 Sep 2009 |
Charbel Nahas | 09 Sep 2009 | 13 Jun 2011 |
Nicolas Sehnaoui | 13 Jun 2011 | 15 Feb 2014 |
Boutros Harb | 15 Feb 2014 | 18 Dec 2016 |
Jamal Jarrah | 18 Dec 2016 | 31 Jan 2019 |
Mohammad Shoucair | 31 Jan 2019 | 23 Jan 2020 |
Talal Hawat | 23 Jan 2020 | 10 Sep 2021 |
Johnny Corm | 10 Sep 2021 | Incumbent |
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