List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon

Prime Minister of the
Lebanese Republic

Incumbent
Tammam Salam
since 15 February 2014
Residence Grand Serail, Beirut
Appointer President of Lebanon
Term length Four years
Inaugural holder Riad Solh
25 September 1943
Formation Constitution of Lebanon
23 May 1926
Website Lebanese Government Website
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This is a list of Prime Ministers of Lebanon since the creation of the office in 1926. Though it is not specifically stated in the constitution, an unwritten understanding known as the National Pact, agreed in 1943, has resulted in the holder of the post being a Sunni Muslim in every electoral cycle since that time. Nevertheless, several Prime Ministers in the past have been Christian.

List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon (1926–Present)

# Portrait Name
(Born-Died)
(Term) 		Term of Office Party
1 Auguste Adib Pacha
(1883–1945)
أوغست أديب باشا
(1st Term)		 31 May 1926 5 May 1927 Independent
2 Bechara Khoury
بشارة الخوري
(1890–1964)
(1st Term) 		5 May 1927 10 August 1928 Constitutional Party
3 Habib Pacha Es-Saad
حبيب باشا السعد
(1867–1942)		 10 August 1928 9 May 1929 Independent
4 Bechara Khoury
بشارة الخوري
(1890–1964)
(2nd Term) 		9 May 1929 11 October 1929 Constitutional Party
5 Émile Eddé
(1886–1949)
إميل أده
(1st Term)		 11 October 1929 25 March 1930 Lebanese National Bloc
6 Auguste Adib Pacha
(1883–1945)
أوغست أديب باشا
(2nd Term)		 25 March 1930 9 March 1932 Independent
7 Charles Debbas
شارل دباس
(1885–1935) 		9 March 1932 29 January 1934 Independent
— Abdallah Beyhum
عبد الله بيهم
(1879-1962)
(1st Term, Acting Prime Minister) 		29 January 1934 30 January 1936 Independent
8 Ayoub Tabet
أيوب ثابت
(1884–1951)
(1st Term) 		30 January 1936 5 January 1937 Independent
9 Khayreddine Ahdab
خير الدين الأحدب
(1894–1941) 		5 January 1937 18 March 1938 Independent
10 Khaled Chehab
خالد شهاب
(1886–1978)
(1st Term) 		18 March 1938 24 October 1938 Independent
11 Abdallah Yafi
عبد الله اليافي
(1901–1986)
(1st Term) 		24 October 1938 21 September 1939 Independent
12 Abdallah Beyhum
عبد الله بيهم
(1879-1962)
(2nd Term) 		21 September 1939 4 April 1941 Independent
13 Alfred Georges Naccache
الفرد جورج النقاش
(1887–1978)		 7 April 1941 26 November 1941 Kataeb Party
14 Ahmad Daouk
أحمد الداعوق
(?–?)
(1st Term) 		1 December 1941 26 July 1942 Independent
15 Sami Solh
سامي الصلح
(1887–1968)
(1st Term) 		26 July 1942 22 March 1943 Independent
— Ayoub Tabet
أيوب ثابت
(1884–1951)
(2nd Term, Acting Prime Minister) 		22 March 1943 21 July 1943 Independent
16 Petro Trad
بترو طراد
(1876–1947)		 1 August 1943 25 September 1943 Independent
17 Riad Solh
رياض الصلح
(1894–1951)
(1st Term)		 25 September 1943 10 January 1945 Independence Movement
18 Abdul Hamid Karami
عبد الحميد كرامي
(1890–1950)		 10 January 1945 20 August 1945 Independent
19 Sami Solh
سامي الصلح
(1887–1968)
(2nd Term) 		23 August 1945 22 May 1946 Independent
20 Saadi Munla
سعدي المنلا
(?–?)		 22 May 1946 14 December 1946 Independent
21 Riad Solh
رياض الصلح
(1894–1951)
(2nd Term)		 14 December 1946 14 February 1951 Independence Movement
22 Hussein Oweini
حسين العويني
(1900–1971)
(1st Term) 		14 February 1951 7 April 1951 Independent
23 Abdallah Yafi
عبد الله اليافي
(1901–1986)
(2nd Term) 		7 April 1951 11 February 1952 Independent
24 Sami Solh
سامي الصلح
(1887–1968)
(3rd Term) 		11 February 1952 9 September 1952 Independent
25 Nazem Akkari
ناظم عكاري
(?–?)		 10 September 1952 14 September 1952 Independent
26 Saeb Salam
صائب سلام
(1905–2000)
(1st Term) 		14 September 1952 18 September 1952 Independent
27 Abdallah Yafi
عبد الله اليافي
(1901–1986)
(3rd Term) 		24 September 1952 30 September 1952 Independent
28 Khaled Chehab
خالد شهاب
(1886–1978)
(2nd Term) 		1 October 1952 1 May 1953 Independent
29 Saeb Salam
صائب سلام
(1905–2000)
(2nd Term) 		1 May 1953 16 August 1953 Independent
30 Abdallah Yafi
عبد الله اليافي
(1901–1986)
(4th Term) 		16 August 1953 16 September 1954 Independent
31 Sami Solh
سامي الصلح
(1887–1968)
(4th Term) 		16 September 1954 19 September 1955 Independent
32 Rashid Karami
رشيد كرامي
(1921–1987)
(1st Term) 		19 September 1955 20 March 1956 Independent
33 Abdallah Yafi
عبد الله اليافي
(1901–1986)
(5th Term) 		20 March 1956 18 November 1956 Independent
34 Sami Solh
سامي الصلح
(1887–1968)
(5th Term) 		18 November 1956 20 September 1958[1] Independent
— Khalil Hibri
خليل الهبري
(1904–?)
(Acting Prime Minister) 		20 September 1958 24 September 1958 Independent
35 Rashid Karami
رشيد كرامي
(1921–1987)
(2nd Term) 		24 September 1958 14 May 1960 Independent
36 Ahmad Daouk
أحمد الداعوق
(?–?)
(2nd Term) 		14 May 1960 1 August 1960 Independent
37 Saeb Salam
صائب سلام
(1905–2000)
(3rd Term) 		2 August 1960 31 October 1961 Independent
38 Rashid Karami
رشيد كرامي
(1921–1987)
(3rd Term) 		31 October 1961 20 February 1964 Independent
39 Hussein Oweini
حسين العويني
(1900–1971)
(2nd Term) 		20 February 1964 25 July 1965 Independent
40 Rashid Karami
رشيد كرامي
(1921–1987)
(4th Term) 		25 July 1965 9 April 1966 Independent
41 Abdallah Yafi
عبد الله اليافي
(1901–1986)
(6th Term) 		9 April 1966 2 December 1966 Independent
42 Rashid Karami
رشيد كرامي
(1921–1987)
(5th Term) 		7 December 1966 8 February 1968 Independent
43 Abdallah Yafi
عبد الله اليافي
(1901–1986)
(7th Term) 		8 February 1968 15 January 1969 Independent
44 Rashid Karami
رشيد كرامي
(1921–1987)
(6th Term) 		15 January 1969 13 October 1970 Independent
45 Saeb Salam
صائب سلام
(1905–2000)
(4th Term) 		13 October 1970 25 April 1973 Independent
46 Amin Hafez
أمين الحافظ
(1926–2009)		 25 April 1973 21 June 1973 Independent
47 Takieddine Solh
تقي الدين الصلح
(1908–1988)
(1st Term)		 21 June 1973 31 October 1974 Independent
48 Rachid Solh
رشيد الصلح
(1926–2014)
(1st Term)		 31 October 1974 24 May 1975[2] Independent
49 Nureddine Rifai
نور الدين الرفاعي
(1899–?)		 24 May 1975 27 May 1975 Military
50 Rashid Karami
رشيد كرامي
(1921–1987)
(7th Term) 		1 July 1975 8 December 1976 National Salvation Front
51 Selim Hoss
سليم الحص
(b. 1929)
(1st Term)		 8 December 1976 20 July 1980 Independent
52 Takieddine Solh
تقي الدين الصلح
(1908–1988)
(2nd Term)		 20 July 1980 25 October 1980 Independent
53 Shafik Dib Wazzan
شفيق أديب الوزان
(1925–1999)		 25 October 1980 30 April 1984 Independent
54 Rashid Karami
رشيد كرامي
(1921–1987)
(8th Term) 		30 April 1984 1 June 1987[3] National Salvation Front
55 Selim Hoss
سليم الحص
(b. 1929)
(2nd Term)		 2 June 1987 14 October 1990[4] Independent
56 Michel Aoun
ميشال عون
(b. 1935)		 22 September 1988[5] 13 October 1990 Military
57 Selim Hoss
سليم الحص
(b. 1929)
(3rd Term)		 14 October 1990 24 December 1990 Independent
58 Omar Karami
عمر كرامي
(1934–2015)
(1st Term)		 24 December 1990 13 May 1992 Independent
59 Rachid Solh
رشيد الصلح
(1926–2014)
(2nd Term)		 13 May 1992 31 October 1992 Independent
60 Rafic Hariri
رفيق الحريري
(1944–2005)
(1st Term) 		31 October 1992 6 December 1998 Future Movement
61 Selim Hoss
سليم الحص
(b. 1929)
(4th Term)		 6 December 1998 23 October 2000 Independent
62 Rafic Hariri
رفيق الحريري
(1944–2005)
(2nd Term) 		23 October 2000 21 October 2004 Future Movement
63 Omar Karami
عمر كرامي
(1934–2015)
(2nd Term)		 21 October 2004 19 April 2005 Independent
64 Najib Mikati
نجيب ميقاتي
(b. 1955)
(1st Term) 		19 April 2005 19 July 2005 Glory Movement
65 Fouad Siniora
فؤاد السنيورة
(b. 1943) 		19 July 2005 9 November 2009 Future Movement
(March 14 Alliance)
66 Saad Hariri
سعد الحريري
(b. 1970) 		9 November 2009 13 June 2011[6] Future Movement
(March 14 Alliance)
67 Najib Mikati
نجيب ميقاتي
(b. 1955)
(2nd Term) 		13 June 2011 15 February 2014[7] Glory Movement
68 Tammam Salam
تمّام سلام
(b. 1945) 		15 February 2014 Incumbent Independent

Living former Prime Ministers

NameTerm of officeDate of birthPolitical party
Selim Hoss 1976–1980, 1987–1990, 1990, 1998–2000 20 December 1929 Independent
Michel Aoun 1988–1990 30 September 1933 Military
Fouad Siniora 2005–2009 14 April 1943 Future Movement
Najib Mikati 2005, 2011–2014 24 November 1955 Glory Movement
Saad Hariri 2009–2011 18 April 1970 Future Movement

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Resigned during the 1958 Lebanon crisis
  2. ↑ Resigned a few weeks after the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war
  3. ↑ Assassinated
  4. ↑ Disputed: Dismissal on 22 September 1988 contested
  5. ↑ Disputed: Appointment on 22 September 1988 contested
  6. ↑ Government collapsed on 12 January 2011
  7. ↑ Resigned on 23 March 2013

See also