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Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Lebanon)
Government ministry of Lebanon
Government ministry of Lebanon
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| agency_name | Ministry of Interior and Municipalities |
| وزارة الداخلية والبلديات | |
| logo | Logo Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Lebanon).png |
| formed | |
| jurisdiction | Government of Lebanon |
| headquarters | Hamra, Beirut Lebanon |
| chief1_name | Ahmad al-Hajjar |
| chief1_position | Minister of Interior and Municipalities |
| website |
وزارة الداخلية والبلديات
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.
The ministry was created in the first post-independence government in 1943. In 2000, it was named the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities. Since 8 February 2025, the ministry has been led by Ahmad al-Hajjar.
List of Interior and Municipalities ministers
| Minister | Term of office |
|---|---|
| Camille Chamoun | 25 Sep 1943 |
| Riad Al Solh | 03 Jul 1944 |
| Wadih Naeem | 09 Jan 1945 |
| Youssef Salam | 22 Aug 1945 |
| Saeb Salam | 22 May 1946 |
| Sabry Hamada | 14 Dec 1946 |
| Camille Chamoun | 07 Jun 1947 |
| Gabriel Murr | 26 Jul 1948 |
| Elias El Khoury | 01 Oct 1949 |
| Hussein Al Oweini | 14 Feb 1951 |
| Abdallah Yafi | 07 Jun 1951 |
| Sami as-Solh | 11 Feb 1952 |
| Nazem Akkari | 09 Sep 1952 |
| Saeb Salam | 14 Sep 1952 |
| Fuad Chehab | 18 Sep 1952 |
| Khaled Shehab | 30 Sep 1952 |
| Saeb Salam | 30 Apr 1953 |
| Abdallah Yafi | 16 Aug 1953 |
| George Hrawi | 03 Jan 1954 |
| Gabriel Murr | 16 Sep 1954 |
| Mohieddin Al Nasuli | 09 Jul 1955 |
| Rashid Karami | 19 Sep 1955 |
| Abdallah Yafi | 19 Mar 1956 |
| Sami as-Solh | 18 Nov 1956 |
| Rashid Karami | 24 Sep 1958 |
| Raymond Edde | 14 Oct 1958 |
| Edmond Kaspar | 14 May 1960 |
| Saeb Salam | 01 Aug 1960 |
| Abdullah Al Mashnouk | 20 May 1961 |
| Kamal Jumblatt | 31 Oct 1961 |
| Hussein Al Oweini | 20 Feb 1964 |
| Takieddin el-Solh | 18 Nov 1964 |
| Muhammad Kneiu | 25 Jul 1965 |
| Pierre Gemayel | 09 Apr 1966 |
| Badri Al Maoushi | 06 Dec 1966 |
| Suleiman Frangieh | 08 Feb 1968 |
| Abdallah Yafi | 12 Oct 1968 |
| Pierre Gemayel | 20 Oct 1968 |
| Adel Osseiran | 15 Jan 1969 |
| Kamal Jumblatt | 25 Nov 1969 |
| Saeb Salam | 13 Oct 1970 |
| Bashir Al Awar | 25 Apr 1973 |
| Bahij Taq-al-Din | 08 Jul 1973 |
| Rashid al-Solh | 31 Oct 1974 |
| Said Nasrallah | 23 May 1975 |
| Camille Chamoun | 01 Jul 1975 |
| Salah Salman | 09 Feb 1976 |
| Bahij Taq-al-Din | 16 Jul 1979 |
| Shafiq Wazzan | 25 Oct 1980 |
| Abdullah Rassi | 30 Apr 1984 |
| Elias El Khazen | 25 Nov 1989 |
| Sami Al Khatib | 24 Dec 1990 |
| Bishara Merhej | 31 Oct 1992 |
| Michel Murr | 09 Feb 1994 |
| Elias Murr | 25 Oct 2000 |
| Suleiman Frangieh | 26 Oct 2004 |
| Hassan Sabeh | 19 Apr 2005 |
| Ziad Baroud | 11 Jul 2008 |
| Marwan Charbel | 13 Jun 2011 |
| Nohad Machnouk | 15 Feb 2014 |
| Raya Haffar Al Hassan | 31 Jan 2019 |
| Mohamed Fahmy | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Bassam Mawlawi | 10 Sep 2021 |
| Ahmad al-Hajjar | 08 Feb 2025 |
Notes
References
References
- Imad Salamey. (15 October 2013). "The Government and Politics of Lebanon". Routledge.
- (10 September 2010). "Lأمين عام مجلس الوزراء يعلن أسماء أعضاء الحكومة الجديدة". El Nashra.
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