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Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon

{{Short description|Senior member of the Lebanese government}}

{{Infobox political post

| post = Deputy Prime Minister

| body = Lebanon

| insignia =

| insigniasize =

| insigniacaption =

| image = Tarek Mitri (cropped 2).jpg

| imagesize =

| incumbent = Tarek Mitri

| incumbentsince = 8 February 2025

| acting =

| style = His/Her Excellency

| member_of = Council of Ministers

| residence = Beirut

| nominator =

| appointer = Prime Minister

| termlength =

| inaugural = Habib Abu Shahla

| formation = September 25, 1943

| deputy =

| salary =

| website =

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The office of Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon was formed in 1943.Binder 1966: 276 The National Pact stipulates that the Deputy Prime Minister should always be Greek Orthodox Christian.{{Cite web|title=National Pact {{!}} Lebanon [1943] {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Pact-Lebanon-1943|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.britannica.com|language=en|archive-date=2020-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911190304/https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Pact-Lebanon-1943|url-status=live}}

List

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! rowspan="2" |{{abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan="2" |Portrait

! rowspan="2" |Name

{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! colspan="5" |Term

! rowspan="2" |Political party

! rowspan="2" |Source

Took office

!Left office

!Time in office

!Appointed by

!President

1

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| rowspan="2" |Habib Abu Shahla

|September 25, 1943

|July 3, 1944

|{{ayd|1943|9|25|1944|7|3}}

| rowspan="2" |Riad Solh

| rowspan="13" |Bechara El Khoury

| rowspan="2" |{{Color box|#3e9bae|border=silver}} National Bloc

| rowspan="6" |{{Cite web|title=1943-1947|url=http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/parliament/GOUVERNEMENT/05.HTM|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb|archive-date=2021-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010050353/http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/parliament/GOUVERNEMENT/05.HTM|url-status=live}}

(1)

|July 3, 1944

|January 9, 1945

|{{ayd|1943|9|25|1945|1|9}}

2

|

|Nicolas Ghosn

|January 9, 1945

|August 22, 1945

|{{ayd|1945|1|9|1945|8|22}}

|Abdul Hamid Karami

|{{Color box|{{party color|Marada Movement}}|border=silver}} Marada

3

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |Gabriel El Murr

|August 22, 1945

|May 22, 1946

|{{ayd|1945|1|9|1946|5|22}}

| rowspan="2" |Sami El Solh

| rowspan="2" |{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

(3)

|May 22, 1946

|December 14, 1946

|{{ayd|1946|may|22|1946|12|14}}

4

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|Sabri Hamadeh

|December 14, 1946

|June 7, 1947

|{{ayd|1946|12|14|1947|June|7}}

| rowspan="4" |Riad Al Solh

|{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

(3)

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |Gabriel El Murr

|June 7, 1947

|July 26, 1948

|{{ayd|1947|june|7|1948|july|26}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

| rowspan="3" |{{Cite web|title=1947-1951|url=http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/parliament/GOUVERNEMENT/06.HTM|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb}}

(3)

|July 26, 1948

|1 October 1949

|{{ayd|1948|july|26|1949|10|1}}

5

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|Gibran Nahas

|1 October 1949

|February 14, 1951

|{{ayd|1949|october|1|1951|2|14}}

|{{color box|Orange|border=silver}} Constitutional Bloc

6

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|Philip Najib Boulos

|June 7, 1951

|February 11, 1952

|{{ayd|1951|june|7|1952|2|11}}

|Abdullah El Yafi

|{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

| rowspan="5" |{{Cite web|title=1952|url=http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/parliament/GOUVERNEMENT/07.HTM|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb}}

7

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|Fouad Al-Khoury

|February 11, 1952

|September 9, 1952

|{{ayd|1951|june|7|1952|2|11}}

|Sami El Solh

|{{color box|Orange|border=silver}} Constitutional Bloc

8

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |Basil Trad

|September 9, 1952

|September 14, 1952

|{{ayd|1952|9|9|1952|9|14}}

|Nazem Akkari

| rowspan="2" |{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

(8)

|September 14, 1952

|September 18, 1952

|4 days

|Saeb Salam

9

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|Nazem Akkari

|September 18, 1952

|September 30, 1952

|12 days

|Fouad Chehab

|Fouad Chehab

|{{color box|C3B091|border=silver}} Military

(3)

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |Gabriel El Murr

|September 16, 1954

|July 9, 1955

|{{ayd|1954|9|16|1955|july|9}}

| rowspan="2" |Sami El Solh

| rowspan="3" |Camille Chamoun

| rowspan="2" |{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

| rowspan="3" |{{Cite web|title=1954-1956|url=http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/parliament/GOUVERNEMENT/08.HTM|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb|archive-date=2020-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129204418/http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/parliament/GOUVERNEMENT/08.HTM|url-status=live}}

(3)

|July 9, 1955

|September 19, 1955

|{{ayd|1955|july|9|1955|9|19}}

10

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|Fouad Nicolas Ghosn

|September 19, 1955

|March 19, 1956

|{{ayd|1955|9|19|1956|3|19}}

|Rashid Karami

|{{Color box|{{party color|Marada Movement}}|border=silver}} Marada

11

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|Naseem Majdalani

|August 1, 1960

|May 20, 1961

|{{ayd|1960|8|1|1961|may|20}}

| rowspan="2" |Saeb Salam

| rowspan="4" |Fouad Chehab

|{{color box|darkred|border=silver}} Progressive Socialist Party

| rowspan="5" |{{Cite web|title=1961-1964|url=http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/parliament/GOUVERNEMENT/010.HTM|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb|archive-date=2022-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119191812/http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/parliament/GOUVERNEMENT/010.HTM|url-status=live}}

rowspan="2" |12

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| rowspan="2" |Philippe Najib Boulos

|May 20, 1961

|October 31, 1961

|{{ayd|1961|may|20|1961|10|31}}

|{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

October 31, 1961

|February 20, 1964

|{{ayd|1961|10|31|1964|2|20}}

|Rashid Karami

|{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

rowspan="2" |(5)

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| rowspan="2" |Gibran Nahas

|February 20, 1964

|September 25, 1964

|{{ayd|1964|2|20|1964|9|25}}

| rowspan="3" |Hussein Al Oweini

| rowspan="2" |{{color box|Orange|border=silver}} Constitutional Bloc

September 25, 1964

|November 18, 1964

|54 days

| rowspan="7" |Charles Helou

(11)

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|Naseem Majdalani

|November 18, 1964

|July 25, 1965

|{{ayd|1964|11|18|1965|7|25}}

|{{color box|darkred|border=silver}} Progressive Socialist Party

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite web|title=1965-1969|url=http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/parliament/GOUVERNEMENT/011.HTM|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb|archive-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220175519/http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/parliament/GOUVERNEMENT/011.HTM|url-status=live}}

rowspan="2" |13

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| rowspan="2" |Fouad Boutros

|April 9, 1966

|December 6, 1966

|{{ayd|1966|4|9|1966|12|6}}

| rowspan="3" |Abdullah Al Yafi

| rowspan="2" |{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

February 8, 1968

|October 12, 1968

|{{ayd|1968|2|8|1968|10|12}}

(10)

|95x95px

|Fouad Nicolas Ghosn

|October 12, 1968

|October 20, 1968

|8 days

|{{Color box|{{party color|Marada Movement}}|border=silver}} Marada

(11)

|95x95px

|Naseem Majdalani

|January 15, 1969

|November 25, 1969

|{{ayd|1969|1|15|1969|11|25}}

| rowspan="2" |Rashid Karami

|{{color box|darkred|border=silver}} Progressive Socialist Party

| rowspan="6" |{{Cite web|title=1969-72|url=http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/parliament/GOUVERNEMENT/012.HTM|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb|archive-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220175526/http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/parliament/GOUVERNEMENT/012.HTM|url-status=live}}

(10)

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|Fouad Nicolas Ghosn

|November 25, 1969

|October 13, 1970

|{{ayd|1969|11|25|1970|10|13}}

|{{Color box|{{party color|Marada Movement}}|border=silver}} Marada

14

|126x126px

|Ghassan Tueni

|October 13, 1970

|May 27, 1972

|{{ayd|1970|10|13|1972|may|27}}

| rowspan="2" |Saeb Salam

| rowspan="6" |Suleiman Franjieh

|{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

15

|120x120px

|Albert Moukheiber

|May 27, 1972

|April 25, 1973

|{{ayd|1972|may|27|1973|april|25}}

|{{Color box|#3e9bae|border=silver}} National Bloc

rowspan="2" |(10)

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| rowspan="2" |Fouad Nicolas Ghosn

|April 25, 1973

|July 8, 1973

|{{ayd|1973|april|25|1973|july|8}}

|Amin Al-Hafez

| rowspan="2" |{{Color box|{{party color|Marada Movement}}|border=silver}} Marada

July 8, 1973

|October 31, 1974

|{{ayd|1973|july|8|1974|october|31}}

|Takieddin el-Solh

16

|127x127px

|Michel Georges Sassine

|October 31, 1974

|May 23, 1975

|{{ayd|1974|10|31|1975|may|23}}

|Rachid Solh

|{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

| rowspan="10" |{{Cite web|title=بهيج تقي الدين-الاشتراكي والقومي|url=https://monthlymagazine.com/ar-article-desc_3617_|access-date=2022-02-20|website=monthlymagazine.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2019-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415151646/https://monthlymagazine.com/ar-article-desc_3617_|url-status=live}}

17

|

|Moussa Kanaan

|May 23, 1975

|July 1, 1975

|{{ayd|1975|may|23|1975|july|1}}

|Nureddine Rifai

|{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

rowspan="3" |(13)

| rowspan="3" |125x125px

| rowspan="3" |Fouad Boutros

|December 9, 1976

|July 16, 1979

|{{ayd|1976|12|9|1979|july|16}}

| rowspan="2" |Salim al-Hoss

| rowspan="3" |Elias Sarkis

| rowspan="3" |{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

July 16, 1979

|October 25, 1980

|{{ayd|1979|july|16|1980|10|25}}

October 25, 1980

|October 7, 1982

|{{ayd|1980|10|25|1982|10|7}}

| rowspan="2" |Shafik Wazzan

18

|131x131px

|Elie Salem

|October 7, 1982

|April 30, 1984

|{{ayd|1982|10|7|1984|april|30}}

| rowspan="2" |Amin Gemayel

|{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

19

|

|Victor Kassir

|April 30, 1984

|September 22, 1988

|{{ayd|1984|4|30|1988|9|22}}

|Rashid Karami

|{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

20

|

|Issam Abu Jamra

|September 22, 1988

|October 13, 1990

|{{ayd|1988|9|22|1990|10|13}}

|Michel Aoun

|Michel Aoun

|{{color box|C3B091|border=silver}} Military

(16)

|127x127px

|Michel Georges Sassine

|October 13, 1990

|December 24, 1990

|{{ayd|1990|10|13|1990|12|24}}

|Salim al-Hoss

| rowspan="4" |Elias Hrawi

|{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

rowspan="3" |21

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" |Michel Murr

|December 24, 1990

|May 16, 1992

|{{ayd|1990|12|24|1992|may|16}}

|Omar Karami

| rowspan="3" |{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

May 16, 1992

|October 31, 1992

|{{ayd|1992|may|16|1992|10|31}}

|Rachid Solh

| rowspan="5" |{{Cite web |date=2008-09-24 |title=Prominent Lebanese/Current Ministers |url=http://www.lebanonwire.com/prominent/current_ministers/omar_karami_govt.asp |access-date=2022-02-20 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924163222/http://www.lebanonwire.com/prominent/current_ministers/omar_karami_govt.asp |archive-date=24 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}

November 7, 1996

|November 24, 1998

|{{ayd|1996|11|7|1998|11|24}}

| rowspan="3" |Rafic Hariri

rowspan="3" |22

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" |Issam Fares

|October 26, 2000

|17 April 2003

|{{ayd|2000|10|26|2003|april|17}}

| rowspan="5" |Emile Lahoud

| rowspan="3" |{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

17 April 2003

|October 26, 2004

|{{ayd|2003|april|17|2004|10|26}}

October 26, 2004

|April 19, 2005

|{{ayd|2004|10|26|2005|april|19}}

|Omar Karami

rowspan="2" |23

| rowspan="2" |145x145px

| rowspan="2" |Elias Murr

|April 19, 2005

|July 19, 2005

|{{ayd|2005|april|19|2005|july|19}}

|Najib Mikati

| rowspan="2" |{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

|{{Cite web |date=2008-09-24 |title=Prominent Lebanese/Current Ministers |url=http://www.lebanonwire.com/prominent/current_ministers/omar_karami_govt.asp |access-date=2022-02-20 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924163222/http://www.lebanonwire.com/prominent/current_ministers/omar_karami_govt.asp |archive-date=24 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}

July 19, 2005

|November 13, 2005

|{{ayd|2005|july|19|2005|november|13}}

| rowspan="2" |Fouad Siniora

| rowspan="3" |{{Cite web |date=2008-10-06 |title=Prominent Lebanese/Current Ministers |url=http://www.lebanonwire.com/prominent/current_ministers/siniora_cabinet.asp |access-date=2022-02-20 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006021743/http://www.lebanonwire.com/prominent/current_ministers/siniora_cabinet.asp |archive-date=6 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}

(20)

|

|Issam Abu Jamra

|July 11, 2008

|November 9, 2009

|{{ayd|2008|july|11|2009|november|9}}

| rowspan="4" |Michel Suleiman

|{{color box|Orange|border=silver}} Free Patriotic Movement

(23)

|145x145px

|Elias Murr

|November 9, 2009

|12 January 2011

|{{ayd|2009|november|9|2011|1|12}}

|Saad Hariri

|{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

rowspan="2" |24

| rowspan="2" |129x129px

| rowspan="2" |Samir Mouqbel

|13 June 2011

|23 March 2013

|{{ayd|2011|1|12|2013|march|23}}

|Najib Mikati

| rowspan="2" |{{Color box|white|border=silver}} Independent

|{{Cite web |date=2020-05-26 |title=almustaqbal.com at Directnic |url=http://www.almustaqbal.com/stories.aspx?StoryID=117530 |access-date=2022-02-20 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526110605/http://www.almustaqbal.com/stories.aspx?StoryID=117530 |archive-date=26 May 2020 |url-status=dead}}

15 February 2014

|18 December 2016

|{{ayd|2014|2|15|2016|12|18}}

|Tammam Salam

|{{Cite web|title=Lebanon's PM forms 'unity cabinet'|url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/lebanons-pm-forms-unity-cabinet-30013979.html|access-date=2022-02-20|website=independent|language=en|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130004/http://www.independent.ie/world-news/lebanons-pm-forms-unity-cabinet-30013979.html|url-status=live}}

rowspan="2" |25

| rowspan="2" |112x112px

| rowspan="2" |Ghassan Hasbani

|18 December 2016

|3 February 2019

|2 years, 47 days

| rowspan="2" |Saad Hariri

| rowspan="4" |Michel Aoun

| rowspan="2" |{{Color box|red|border=silver}} Lebanese Forces

|{{Cite web |date=2018-10-07 |title=تعرف على أعضاء المجلس |url=http://pcm.gov.lb:80/arabic/subpg.aspx?pageid=4898 |access-date=2022-02-20 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007115631/http://pcm.gov.lb:80/arabic/subpg.aspx?pageid=4898 |archive-date=7 October 2018 |url-status=dead}}

3 February 2019

|29 October 2019

|{{ayd|2019|2|3|2019|10|29}}

|{{Cite web|date=2019-02-01|title=Lebanon Announces a New Government After a 9-Month Deadlock|url=http://time.com/5517759/lebanon-new-government/|access-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201014147/http://time.com/5517759/lebanon-new-government/ |archive-date=2019-02-01 }}

26

|119x119px

|Zeina Akar

|21 January 2020

|10 September 2021

|{{ayd|2020|1|21|2021|9|10}}

|Hassan Diab

|{{color box|Orange|border=silver}} Free Patriotic Movement

|{{Cite web|date=2020-01-22|title=Who's who in Lebanon's new government|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2020/01/22/Who-s-who-in-Lebanon-s-new-government|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Al Arabiya English|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810084027/https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2020/01/22/Who-s-who-in-Lebanon-s-new-government|url-status=live}}

27

|116x116px

|Saadeh Al Shami

|10 September 2021

|8 February 2025

|{{ayd|2021|9|10|2025|2|8}}

|Najib Mikati

|{{Color box|Black|border=silver}} Syrian Social Nationalist Party

|{{Cite web|date=2021-09-10|title=Lebanon forms new government, ending 13-month standoff|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/10/lebanon-forms-new-government-ending-13-month-standoff|access-date=2022-02-20|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=2022-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217015213/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/10/lebanon-forms-new-government-ending-13-month-standoff|url-status=live}}

28

|116x116px

|Tarek Mitri

|8 February 2025

|Incumbent

|{{ayd|2025|2|8}}

|Nawaf Salam

|Joseph Aoun

|{{Color box|White|border=silver}}Independent

|{{Cite web |title=الوكالة الوطنية للإعلام - Names of new Cabinet Ministers |url=https://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/politics/757845/names-of-new-cabinet-ministers |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=National News Agency |language=en}}

See also

{{Portal|Lebanon}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Ministries of Lebanon}}

Category:Government ministers of Lebanon

Category:1943 establishments in Lebanon