The Ministry of National Defense (Arabic: وزارة الدفاع الوطني Wizārat al-Difāʾ al-Waṭanī) is Lebanon's service section for the Lebanese Armed Forces. The Ministry is located in Yarzeh, Baabda District, Mount Lebanon.[1] The building which is considered the biggest Ministry building in Lebanon was designed by the French architect André Wogenscky in 1968.[2] The ministry building also houses the Lebanese Military Museum.
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Jurisdiction | Government of Lebanon |
Headquarters | Yarze, Baabda, Mount Lebanon 33°50′29″N 35°33′10″E / 33.84139°N 35.55278°E |
Agency executives |
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Website | Official website |
Ministers
editThe ministers of National Defence have been:[3]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
1 | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 25 September 1943 | 9 January 1945 | 1 year, 106 days | Independent | |
2 | Abdul Hamid Karami (1887–1950) | 9 January 1945 | 22 August 1945 | 256 days | Independent | |
3 | Ahmed al-Asaad (1902–1961) | 22 August 1945 | 22 May 1946 | 242 days | An-Nahda Party | |
(1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 22 May 1946 | 14 February 1951 | 4 years, 268 days | Independent | |
4 | Hussein Al Oweini (1910–1971) | 14 February 1951 | 7 June 1951 | 4 years, 268 days | Independent | |
5 | Rashid Baydoun (1889–1971) | 7 June 1951 | 2 February 1952 | 353 days | Talaeh Party | |
(1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 2 February 1952 | 9 September 1952 | 220 days | Independent | |
6 | Nazem Akkari (1902–1985) | 9 September 1952 | 14 September 1952 | 5 days | Independent | |
7 | Saeb Salam (1905–2000) | 14 September 1952 | 18 September 1952 | 4 days | Independent | |
8 | Fuad Chehab (1902–1973) | 18 September 1952 | 30 September 1952 | 12 days | Independent | |
9 | Khaled Chehab (1886–1978) | 30 September 1952 | 30 April 1953 | 212 days | Independent | |
(7) | Saeb Salam (1905–2000) | 30 April 1953 | 16 August 1953 | 108 days | Independent | |
10 | Abdallah El-Yafi (1901–1986) | 16 August 1953 | 1 March 1954 | 197 days | Independent | |
(1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 1 March 1954 | 18 November 1956 | 2 years, 262 days | Independent | |
(8) | Fuad Chehab (1902–1973) | 18 November 1956 | 1 March 1957 | 103 days | Independent | |
11 | Sami as-Solh (1887–1968) | 1 March 1957 | 18 August 1957 | 170 days | Constitutional Bloc | |
(1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 18 August 1957 | 14 March 1958 | 208 days | Independent | |
(5) | Rashid Baydoun (1889–1971) | 14 March 1958 | 22 May 1958 | 69 days | Talaeh Party | |
(11) | Sami as-Solh (1887–1968) | 22 May 1958 | 24 September 1958 | 125 days | Constitutional Bloc | |
12 | Rashid Karami (1921–1987) | 24 September 1958 | 14 May 1960 | 1 year, 233 days | Independent | |
13 | Ahmad Daouk (1892–1979) | 14 May 1960 | 1 August 1960 | 79 days | Independent | |
(1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 1 August 1960 | 20 May 1961 | 1 year, 79 days | Independent | |
(7) | Saeb Salam (1905–2000) | 20 May 1961 | 31 October 1961 | 164 days | Independent | |
(1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 31 October 1961 | 20 February 1964 | 2 years, 112 days | Independent | |
(4) | Hussein Al Oweini (1910–1971) | 20 February 1964 | 25 July 1965 | 1 year, 155 days | Independent | |
(12) | Rashid Karami (1921–1987) | 25 July 1965 | 21 December 1965 | 149 days | Independent | |
13 | Michel el-Khoury (born 1926) | 21 December 1965 | 9 April 1966 | 109 days | Constitutional Bloc | |
13 | Fouad Boutros (1917–2016) | 9 April 1966 | 6 December 1966 | 241 days | Independent | |
13 | Badri al-Maaouche | 6 December 1966 | 8 February 1968 | 1 year, 64 days | Independent | |
(10) | Abdallah El-Yafi (1901–1986) | 8 February 1968 | 5 July 1968 | 148 days | Independent | |
(5) | Rashid Baydoun (1889–1971) | 5 July 1968 | 12 October 1968 | 99 days | Talaeh Party | |
(1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 12 October 1968 | 20 October 1968 | 8 days | Independent | |
(4) | Hussein Al Oweini[a] (1910–1971) | 20 October 1968 | 15 January 1969 | 87 days | Independent | |
(1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 15 January 1969 | 13 October 1970 | 1 year, 271 days | Independent | |
14 | Edouard Saouma (1926–2012) | 13 October 1970 | 13 October 1970 | 0 days | Independent | |
15 | Elias Saba (1932–2023) | 13 October 1970 | 27 May 1972 | 1 year, 227 days | Independent | |
(1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 27 May 1972 | 25 April 1973 | 333 days | Independent | |
16 | Fouad Ghosn | 25 April 1973 | 8 July 1973 | 74 days | Marada Movement | |
17 | Nasri Maalouf (1911–2005) | 8 July 1973 | 31 October 1974 | 1 year, 115 days | National Liberal Party | |
18 | Joseph Skaff (1922–1992) | 31 October 1974 | 23 May 1975 | 204 days | Popular Bloc (Lebanon) | |
19 | Iskandar Ghanem (1911–2005) | 23 May 1975 | 1 July 1975 | 39 days | Military | |
(12) | Rashid Karami (1921–1987) | 1 July 1975 | 15 September 1976 | 1 year, 76 days | Independent | |
19 | Camille Chamoun (1900–1987) | 15 September 1976 | 9 December 1976 | 85 days | National Liberal Party | |
21 | Fouad Boutros (1917–2016) | 9 December 1976 | 20 December 1978 | 2 years, 11 days | Independent | |
20 | Victor Khoury (1929–2017) | 20 December 1978 | 16 July 1979 | 208 days | Independent | |
(18) | Joseph Skaff (1922–1992) | 16 July 1979 | 10 July 1982 | 2 years, 359 days | Popular Bloc (Lebanon) | |
21 | Issam Khoury | 10 July 1982 | 30 April 1984 | 1 year, 295 days | Independent | |
22 | Adel Osseiran (1905–1998) | 30 April 1984 | 22 September 1988 | 4 years, 145 days | Independent | |
23 | Michel Aoun (born 1935) | 22 September 1988 | 25 November 1989 | 1 year, 64 days | Military | |
24 | Albert Mansour | 25 November 1989 | 24 December 1990 | 1 year, 28 days | SSNP | |
24 | Michel Murr (1932–2021) | 24 December 1990 | 31 October 1992 | 1 year, 312 days | Independent | |
25 | Mohsen Dalloul (born 1933) | 31 October 1992 | 4 December 1998 | 6 years, 34 days | PSP | |
26 | Ghazi Zaiter (born 1949) | 4 December 1998 | 26 October 2000 | 1 year, 327 days | Amal | |
27 | Khalil Hrawi (born 1948) | 26 October 2000 | 17 April 2003 | 2 years, 173 days | Independent | |
28 | Mahmoud Hammoud (1935–2018) | 17 April 2003 | 26 October 2004 | 1 year, 192 days | Independent | |
29 | Abdul Rahim Mrad (born 1942) | 26 October 2004 | 19 April 2005 | 175 days | Union Party | |
30 | Elias Murr (born 1962) | 19 April 2005 | 13 June 2011 | 6 years, 55 days | Independent | |
31 | Fayez Ghosn (1950–2021) | 13 June 2011 | 14 February 2014 | 2 years, 246 days | Marada Movement | |
32 | Samir Mouqbel (born 1939) | 14 February 2014 | 18 December 2016 | 2 years, 308 days | Independent | |
33 | Yacoub Sarraf (born 1961) | 18 December 2016 | 3 February 2019 | 2 years, 47 days | Free Patriotic Movement | |
34 | Elias Bou Saab (born 1967) | 3 February 2019 | 21 January 2020 | 352 days | Free Patriotic Movement | |
35 | Zeina Akar[4] (born 1964) | 21 January 2020 | 10 September 2021 | 4 years, 338 days | Free Patriotic Movement | |
36 | Maurice Sleem (born 1954) | 10 September 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 98 days | Free Patriotic Movement |
Notes
edit- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Economy and Trade.
References
edit- ^ "Address." [sic] Ministry of National Defense. Retrieved on 3 March 2013. "Ministry of Defense Lebanese Armed Forces Yarzeh, Lebanon" - Arabic Archived 2013-03-02 at the Wayback Machine: "وزارة الدفاع الوطني الجيش اللبناني اليرزة، لبنان" - French Archived 2013-01-17 at the Wayback Machine: "Ministère de la Défense Nationale l’Armée Libanaise Yarzé, Liban"
- ^ Postiglione, Gennaro (2004). One Hundred Houses. Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8228-6312-1.
- ^ "الوزراء المتعاقبون على وزارة الدفاع الوطني" [Successive ministers of the Ministry of National Defense]. pcm.gov.lb (in Arabic). Government of Lebanon. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Profile: Lebanon's new cabinet members, including the Arab world's first-ever female defence chief". alaraby.co.uk. 22 January 2020.
External links
edit- http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb
- List of Ministers (in Arabic)