The prime minister of Lebanon,officially the president of the Council of Ministers,is the head of government and the head of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon. The prime minister is appointed by the president of Lebanon,with the consent of the plurality of the members of the Parliament of Lebanon. By convention,the office holder is always a Sunni Muslim.
Saad El-Din Rafik Al-Hariri is a Lebanese-Saudi politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon from 2009 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020. The son of Rafic Hariri,he founded and has been leading the Future Movement party since 2007. He is seen as "the strongest figurehead" of the March 14 Alliance.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people living in Lebanon may face discrimination and legal difficulties not experienced by non-LGBT residents and are heavily looked down upon by society. Various courts have ruled that Article 534 of the Lebanese Penal Code,which prohibits having sexual relations that "contradict the laws of nature",should not be used to arrest LGBT people. Nonetheless,the law is still being used to harass and persecute LGBT people through occasional police arrests,in which detainees are sometimes subject to intrusive physical examinations.
The March 8 Alliance is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that are united by their pro-Syrian stance and their opposition to the former March 14 Alliance. It was the ruling coalition in Lebanon with the government headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati from June 2011 until March 2013. Main parties of the March 8 Alliance are part of the third Cabinet of Najib Mikati since 2021.
The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities in Lebanon is responsible for governorate,caza,municipalities,federation of municipalities and village matters,in addition to political parties and organizations.
Charbel Nahas is a Lebanese politician,economist and engineer who is the General Secretary of Citizens in a State,a political party that was established in 2016 and that has as its goal to create "a civil,democratic,fair and capable state". He is widely considered to be a Lebanese progressive whose priority has been to improve living conditions for the country's disenfranchised poor.
Najib Azmi Mikati is a Lebanese politician and businessman who has served as the prime minister of Lebanon since September 2021. He also leads a cabinet that has assumed the powers of the president of Lebanon since the term of president Michel Aoun ended in October 2022. He has previously served as prime minister from April to July 2005,and from June 2011 to February 2014. He also served as Minister of Public Works and Transport from December 1998 to 2003.
Mohammad Safadi is a Lebanese businessman who served as minister of finance under Najib Mikati between 2011 and 2014. He was also the minister of economy and trade from 2008 to 2011.
Adnan Mansour is a Lebanese diplomat,politician and the former minister of foreign affairs and emigrants.
Faisal Karami is a Lebanese politician. He served as the minister of youth and sports in the cabinet of Najib Mikati between 2011 and 2014. He was a member of the parliament between 2018 and 2022.
Fayez Ghosn was a Lebanese politician who served as a minister of defense,and a member of the Marada Movement.
Ahmad Karami was a Sunni Lebanese politician and minister of state in the cabinet of Najib Mikati.
Hassan Diab is a Lebanese academic,engineer and politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon from 21 January 2020 to 10 September 2021. He was appointed by President Michel Aoun in 2019 to succeed Saad Hariri as prime minister. He submitted his resignation on 10 August 2020 in wake of the 2020 Beirut explosion and served as caretaker prime minister until Najib Mikati formed a new government on 10 September 2021. Prior to his premiership,he served as the minister of education from June 2011 to February 2014 under President Michel Suleiman.
Taha Mikati is a Lebanese billionaire businessman,the brother of fellow billionaire and current prime minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati. He is the co-founder of Investcom,the M1 Group,and the Mikati Foundation.
The 17 October Protests,commonly referred to as the 17 October Revolution or as Hirak were a series of civil protests in Lebanon that began after the Lebanese cabinet announced financial measures on 17 October 2019. These national protests were triggered by planned taxes on gasoline,tobacco,and VoIP calls on applications such as WhatsApp,but quickly expanding into a country-wide condemnation of sectarian rule,the stagnation of the economy,unemployment,endemic corruption in the public sector,legislation that was perceived to shield the ruling class from accountability and failures of the government to provide basic services such as electricity,water,and sanitation.
The Ministry of Energy and Water is the government ministry responsible for energy,water,resources,mines and quarries in Lebanon.
Tarek Bitar is a Lebanese judge and the head of Beirut’s criminal court,who is the second judge to lead the investigation of the 2020 Beirut Port explosion,succeeding Fadi Sawwan who was dismissed by the Lebanese court after charging two former Amal Party ministers over the blast,which was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate negligently stored in the port for over six years. Sawwan's dismissal was objected to by the victims’families because they feared that it would take the case back to zero. In September 2021,Bitar received a threat by Hezbollah.
Saadeh Al Shami is an economist,academic and Lebanese politician who has been serving as the deputy prime minister in the cabinet led by Najib Mikati since 10 September 2021.
Maurice Sleem is a Lebanese politician. He has been the Minister of National Defense since September 10,2021 after the formation of the third government Najib Mikati. He is a retired Brigadier General in the Lebanese Armed Forces.
Events in the year 2022 in Lebanon.
