First cabinet of Fouad Siniora
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This is the list of the Lebanese government that was formed by Fouad Siniora on 19 July 2005 after the general elections of 2005, who was appointed by then president Émile Lahoud. All the main political blocs were included in it except for the Free Patriotic Movement-led bloc headed by General Michel Aoun. Hezbollah were firstly represented in this cabinet.{{cite journal|last=Knudsen|first=Are|title=The Law, the Loss and the Lives of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon|journal=CMI|year=2007|volume=1|url=http://bora.cmi.no/dspace/bitstream/10202/24/1/WP%202007-1.pdf|accessdate=20 March 2013}}
The legality of the government was questioned when five Shia members left in November 2006.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} The reason for their resignation was Siniora's eagerness to sign the UN draft plan for the foundation of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which would search the assassination of Rafik Hariri, who was killed on 14 February 2005.{{cite journal|last=Khashan|first=Hilal|title=Saad Hariri's Moment of Truth|journal=Middle East Quarterly|date=Winter 2011|volume=XVIII|issue=1|pages=65–71|url=http://www.meforum.org/2820/saad-hariri-moment-of-truth|accessdate=11 March 2013}}
On 24 November 2007, the government became an interim one following the end of the president's mandate. A new government shall be formed following the election of a new president.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
Composition
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|colspan=4 style="text-align:center; background:#efefef"|Lebanese government of July 2005 | |||
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Deputy Prime Minister and Defence | Elias Murr | {{color box|White|border=silver}} Independent | Greek Orthodox |
Minister of Environment | Yacoub Sarraf | {{color box|White|border=silver}} Independent | Greek Orthodox |
Minister of Justice | Charles Rizk | {{color box|white|border=silver}} Independent | Maronite |
colspan=4 style="text-align:center; background:#efefef"|March 14 Alliance (16/24) | |||
Prime Minister of Lebanon|Prime Minister | Fouad Siniora | {{color box|{{party color|Future Movement}}|border=silver}} Future Movement | Sunni |
Minister of Youth and Sports | Ahmad Fatfat | {{color box|{{party color|Future Movement}}|border=silver}} Future Movement | Sunni |
Minister of Public Works | Mohammad Safadi | {{color box|{{party color|Future Movement}}|border=silver}} Future Movement | Sunni |
Minister of Culture | Tarek Mitri | {{color box|{{party color|Future Movement}}|border=silver}} Future Movement | Greek Orthodox |
Minister of Interior | Hassan Sabeh | {{color box|{{party color|Future Movement}}|border=silver}} Future Movement | Sunni |
Minister of Education | Khaled Kabbani | {{color box|{{party color|Future Movement}}|border=silver}} Future Movement | Sunni |
State Minister | Michel Pharaon | {{color box|{{party color|Future Movement}}|border=silver}} Future Movement | Greek Catholic |
State Minister | Jean Ogassapian | {{color box|{{party color|Future Movement}}|border=silver}} Future Movement | Armenian Catholic |
Minister of Economy and Trade | Sami Haddad | {{color box|{{party color|Future Movement}}|border=silver}} Future Movement | Protestant |
Minister of Displaced | Nehmeh Tohme | {{color box|darkred|border=silver}} Progressive Socialist Party | Greek Catholic |
Minister of Information | Ghazi Aridi | {{color box|darkred|border=silver}} {{nowrap|Progressive Socialist Party}} | Druze |
Minister of Telecommunications | Marwan Hamadeh | {{color box|darkred|border=silver}} {{nowrap|Progressive Socialist Party}} | Druze |
Minister of Social Affairs | Nayla Moawad | {{color box|pink|border=silver}} Independence Movement | Maronite |
Minister of Industry | Pierre Amine Gemayel | {{color box|green|border=silver}} Kataeb Party | Maronite |
Minister of Tourism | Joseph Sarkis | {{color box|red|border=silver}} Lebanese Forces | Maronite |
Minister of Finance | Jihad Azour | {{color box|white|border=silver}} Independent | Maronite |
colspan=4 style="text-align:center; background:#efefef"|March 8 Alliance (5/24) | |||
Minister of Health | Mohammad Khalifeh | {{color box|green|border=silver}} Amal Movement | Shia |
Minister of Agriculture | Talah Sahili | {{color box|green|border=silver}} Amal Movement | Shia |
Minister of Labour | Trad Hamadeh | {{color box|yellow|border=silver}} Hezbollah | Shia |
Minister of Energy and Water | Muhammad Fneish | {{color box|yellow|border=silver}} Hezbollah | Shia |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Fawzi Salloukh | {{color box|white|border=silver}} Independent | Shia |
Notes
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References
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