List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon
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This is a list of Prime Ministers of Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

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
National Pact
The National Pact is an unwritten agreement that laid the foundation of Lebanon as a multi-confessional state, and has shaped the country to this day. Following negotiations between the Shi'ite, Sunni, and Maronite leaderships, the National Pact was born in the summer of 1943 allowing Lebanon to...

, 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
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

.

French Mandate of Lebanon
French Mandate of Lebanon
The state of Greater Lebanon, the predecessor of modern Lebanon, was created in 1920 as part of the French scheme of dividing the French Mandate of Syria into six states....

 (1926–1943)

A I Name Picture Born–Died Took Office Left Office Political Party
1 1 Auguste Adib Pacha (1st term) 1883–1945 31 May 1926 5 May 1927 Independent
2 2 Bechara Khoury
Bechara El Khoury
Bechara El Khoury was the first post-independence President of Lebanon, holding office from 21 September 1943 to 18 September 1952, apart from an 11-day interruption in 1943...

 (1st term)
1890–1964 5 May 1927 10 August 1928 Constitutional Party
3 3 Pacha Saad
Habib Pacha Es-Saad
Habib Pacha El-Saad was a Lebanese Maronite politician. Initially Prime Minister of Lebanon from August 10, 1928 to May 9, 1929 he was named President under the French Mandate on January 30, 1934 and served in this capacity to January 20, 1936....

1867–1942 10 August 1928 9 May 1929 Independent
4 4 Bechara Khoury
Bechara El Khoury
Bechara El Khoury was the first post-independence President of Lebanon, holding office from 21 September 1943 to 18 September 1952, apart from an 11-day interruption in 1943...

 (1st term)
1890–1964 9 May 1929 11 October 1929 Constitutional Party
5 5 Emile Edde
Emile Edde
Émile Eddé was a Maronite Lebanese political figure. He served as Prime Minister of Lebanon from 11 October 1929 to 25 March 1930. He served as the President of Lebanon from 1936 to 1941. He also founded the Lebanese National Bloc party....

 (1st term)
1886–1949 11 October 1929 25 March 1930 Lebanese National Bloc
Lebanese National Bloc
Lebanese National Bloc , is a Lebanese conservative political party founded in 1936.The party's founder, Émile Eddé became president the same year under French protectorate. His son, Raymond Eddé, succeeded him as head of the party...

6 (2) Auguste Adib Pacha (2nd term) 1883–1945 25 March 1930 9 March 1932 Independent
7 6 Charles Debbas
Charles Debbas
Charles Debbas was a Greek Orthodox Lebanese political figure. He was the first President of Lebanon and served from September 1, 1926 till January 2, 1934, under the French Mandate. He also served as speaker of the Lebanese Parliament from January 30 to October 31, 1934....

1885–1935 9 March 1932 29 January 1934 Independent
8 Abdullah Bayhum (1st term, acting) Unknown 29 January 1934 30 January 1936 Independent
9 7 Ayoub Tabet
Ayoub Tabet
Ayoub Tabet was a Lebanese politician and acting President of the Republic during the French Mandate of Lebanon for the period from 18 March to 22 July 1943 replacing President Alfred Naqqache and Prime Minister of Lebanon for the same period...

1884–1951 30 January 1936 5 January 1937 Independent
10 8 Khayreddine Ahdab
Khayreddin al-Ahdab
Khayr al-Din al-Ahdab was a Lebanese politician. In 1937, al-Ahdab became the first Muslim Prime Minister of Lebanon. He served as prime minister for slightly more than one year, from January 5, 1937, to March 18, 1938. Before this, he published a pan-Arab newspaper. He was a Sunni.-References:...

1894–1941 5 January 1937 18 March 1938 Independent
11 9 Khaled Chehab (1st term) 1886–1949 18 March 1938 24 October 1938 Independent
12 10 Abdallah Yafi
Abdallah El-Yafi
Abdallah El-Yafi was the Prime Minister of Lebanon 12 times between 1938 and 1969.-Early life and education:Abdallah El-Yafi was born in Beirut, Lebanon on September 7, 1901 into a Muslim Sunni family to parents Aref El-Yafi and Jamila Ostwani, a Damascene.Raised with two brothers, he first...

 (1st term)
1901–1986 24 October 1938 21 September 1939 Independent
13 11 Abdullah Bayhum (2nd term) Unknown 21 September 1939 4 April 1941 Independent
14 12 Alfred Naccache 1887–1978 7 April 1941 26 November 1941 Kataeb Party
Kataeb Party
The Lebanese Phalanges , better known in English as the Phalange , is a traditional right-wing Lebanese political party. Although it is officially secular, it is mainly supported by Maronite Christians. The party played a major role in the Lebanese War...

15 13 Ahmed Daouk (1st term) Unknown 1 December 1941 26 July 1942 Independent
16 14 Sami Solh
Sami as-Solh
Sami Solh was a Lebanese Sunni Muslim politician. He served as Prime Minister of Lebanon 7 times ....

 (1st term)
1887–1968 26 July 1942 22 March 1943 Independent
17 Ayoub Tabet
Ayoub Tabet
Ayoub Tabet was a Lebanese politician and acting President of the Republic during the French Mandate of Lebanon for the period from 18 March to 22 July 1943 replacing President Alfred Naqqache and Prime Minister of Lebanon for the same period...

 (2nd term, acting)
1884–1951 22 March 1943 21 July 1943 Independent
18 15 Petro Trad
Petro Trad
Petro Trad was a Lebanese a lawyer and a politician and former Lebanese President of the Republic for a brief period ....

1876–1947 1 August 1943 25 September 1943 Independent

Republic of Lebanon (1943–Present)

A I Name Picture Born–Died Took Office Left Office Political Party
19 16 Riad Solh (1st term) 1894–1951 25 September 1943 10 January 1945 Independence Movement
Independence Movement (Lebanon)
The Independence Movement is a neoconservative and secularist Lebanese political party based in Zgharta , founded in 2006 by Michel René Moawad, son of slain Lebanese President René Moawad and MP and former first lady Nayla Moawad.The movement is part of the anti-Syrian Qornet Shehwan...

20 17 Abdul Hamid Karami
Abdul Hamid Karami
Abdul Hamid Karami was a Lebanese political and religious leader.Karami descended from one of the most prominent Sunni Muslim families in Lebanon. Members of his family traditionally held the position of mufti of Tripoli, Lebanon. Abdul Hamid Karami became mufti of Tripoli but was removed by the...

1890–1950 10 January 1945 20 August 1945 Independent
21 (14) Sami Solh
Sami as-Solh
Sami Solh was a Lebanese Sunni Muslim politician. He served as Prime Minister of Lebanon 7 times ....

 (2nd term)
1887–1968 23 August 1945 22 May 1946 Independent
22 18 Saadi Munla Unknown 22 May 1946 14 December 1946 Independent
23 (16) Riad Solh (2nd term) 1894–1951 14 December 1946 14 February 1951 Independence Movement
Independence Movement (Lebanon)
The Independence Movement is a neoconservative and secularist Lebanese political party based in Zgharta , founded in 2006 by Michel René Moawad, son of slain Lebanese President René Moawad and MP and former first lady Nayla Moawad.The movement is part of the anti-Syrian Qornet Shehwan...

24 19 Hussein Oweini (1st term) Unknown 14 February 1951 7 April 1951 Independent
25 (10) Abdallah Yafi (2nd term) 1901–1986 7 April 1951 11 February 1952 Independent
26 (14) Sami Solh
Sami as-Solh
Sami Solh was a Lebanese Sunni Muslim politician. He served as Prime Minister of Lebanon 7 times ....

 (3rd term)
1887–1968 11 February 1952 9 September 1952 Independent
27 20 Nazim Akkari Unknown 10 September 1952 14 September 1952 Independent
28 21 Saeb Salam
Saeb Salam
Saeb Salam was a Lebanese politician, who served as Prime Minister four times between 1952 and 1973.Salam was the son of Salim Salam, the scion of a prominent Sunni Muslim family who was a prominent politician both under Ottoman rule and then during the French Mandate...

 (1st term)
1905–2000 14 September 1952 18 September 1952 Independent
29 (10) Abdallah Yafi (3rd term) 1901–1986 24 September 1952 30 September 1952 Independent
30 (9) Khaled Chehab (2nd term) 1887–1968 1 October 1952 1 May 1953 Independent
31 (21) Saeb Salam
Saeb Salam
Saeb Salam was a Lebanese politician, who served as Prime Minister four times between 1952 and 1973.Salam was the son of Salim Salam, the scion of a prominent Sunni Muslim family who was a prominent politician both under Ottoman rule and then during the French Mandate...

 (2nd term)
1905–2000 1 May 1953 16 August 1953 Independent
32 (10) Abdallah Yafi (4th term) 1901–1986 16 August 1953 16 September 1954 Independent
33 (14) Sami Solh
Sami as-Solh
Sami Solh was a Lebanese Sunni Muslim politician. He served as Prime Minister of Lebanon 7 times ....

 (4th term)
1887–1968 16 September 1954 19 September 1955 Independent
34 22 Rachid Karami (1st term) 1921–1987 19 September 1955 20 March 1956 Independent
35 (10) Abdallah Yafi (5th term) 1901–1986 20 March 1956 18 November 1956 Independent
36 (14) Sami Solh
Sami as-Solh
Sami Solh was a Lebanese Sunni Muslim politician. He served as Prime Minister of Lebanon 7 times ....

 (5th term)
1887–1968 18 November 1956 20 September 1958 Independent
37 Khalil Hibri
Khalil al-Hibri
Khalil al-Hibri was a prominent Lebanese politician and businessman. He served in parliament in 1957 and as Minister of Public Works in the government of Sami el-Solh during the presidency of Camille Chamoun. In 1952, he joined the board of Beirut's Water Company in the Municipality of Beirut,...

 (acting)
1904–1979 20 September 1958 24 September 1958 Independent
38 (22) Rachid Karami (2nd term) 1921–1987 24 September 1958 14 May 1960 Independent
39 (13) Ahmed Daouk (2nd term) Unknown 14 May 1960 1 August 1960 Independent
40 (21) Saeb Salam
Saeb Salam
Saeb Salam was a Lebanese politician, who served as Prime Minister four times between 1952 and 1973.Salam was the son of Salim Salam, the scion of a prominent Sunni Muslim family who was a prominent politician both under Ottoman rule and then during the French Mandate...

 (3rd term)
1905–2000 2 August 1960 31 October 1961 Independent
41 (22) Rachid Karami (3rd term) 1921–1987 31 October 1961 20 February 1964 Independent
42 (19) Hussein Oweini (2nd term) Unknown 20 February 1964 25 July 1965 Independent
43 (22) Rachid Karami (4th term) 1921–1987 25 July 1965 9 April 1966 Independent
44 (10) Abdallah Yafi (6th term) 1901–1986 9 April 1966 2 December 1966 Independent
45 (22) Rachid Karami (5th term) 1921–1987 7 December 1966 8 February 1968 Independent
46 (10) Abdallah Yafi (7th term) 1901–1986 8 February 1968 15 January 1969 Independent
47 (22) Rachid Karami (6th term) 1921–1987 15 January 1969 13 October 1970 Independent
48 (21) Saeb Salam
Saeb Salam
Saeb Salam was a Lebanese politician, who served as Prime Minister four times between 1952 and 1973.Salam was the son of Salim Salam, the scion of a prominent Sunni Muslim family who was a prominent politician both under Ottoman rule and then during the French Mandate...

 (4th term)
1905–2000 13 October 1970 25 April 1973 Independent
49 23 Amin Hafez
Amin al-Hafez (Lebanon)
Amin al-Hafez , was the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 25 April 1973 to 21 June 1973. He was also a long-running Member of Parliament for Tripoli in the Lebanese Parliament until 1996....

1926–2009 25 April 1973 21 June 1973 Independent
50 24 Takieddine Solh
Takieddin el-Solh
Takieddin el-Solh was a Lebanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1973-74, and again briefly in 1980....

 (1st term)
1908–1988 21 June 1973 31 October 1974 Independent
51 25 Rachid Solh
Rachid Solh
Rashid el-Solh was a Lebanese politician and former Prime Minister, kin of one of the most powerful Sunni families in the country. He was elected to the Lebanese Parliament as a MP for the first time in the Beirut riding in 1960 and was appointed by then President Suleiman Franjieh as prime...

 (1st term)
1926– 31 October 1974 24 May 1975 Independent
52 26 Nureddine Rifai
Nureddine Rifai
Nureddin Rifai was director of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces and Prime Minister.Rifai was appointed to be Prime Minister by Suleiman Frangieh during Lebanon's short-lived military government. He served only three days before resigning his post in the face of tremendous protest....

1899-1980 24 May 1975 27 May 1975 Military
53 (22) Rachid Karami (7th term) 1921–1987 1 July 1975 8 December 1976 National Salvation Front
National Salvation Front
The National Salvation Front was the governing body of Romania in the first weeks after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, subsequently turned into a political party...

54 27 Selim Hoss (1st term) 1929 - 8 December 1976 20 July 1980 Independent
55 (24) Takieddine Solh
Takieddin el-Solh
Takieddin el-Solh was a Lebanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1973-74, and again briefly in 1980....

 (2nd term)
1908–1988 20 July 1980 25 October 1980 Independent
56 28 Shefic Dib Wazzan
Shafik Wazzan
Shafik Dib al-Wazzan was the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1980 until 1984. In December 1991, Wazzan was wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Beirut neighborhood of Basta as he was passing through in an armored car....

1925 — 1999 25 October 1980 30 April 1984 Independent
57 (22) Rachid Karami (8th term) 1921–1987 30 April 1984 1 June 1987 National Salvation Front
National Salvation Front
The National Salvation Front was the governing body of Romania in the first weeks after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, subsequently turned into a political party...

58 (27) Selim Hoss (2nd term)1 1929– 2 June 1987 14 October 1990 Independent
59 29 Michel Aoun
Michel Aoun
Michel Naim Aoun is a former Lebanese Army Commander and he is one of the allies of Hezbollah. From 22 September 1988 to 13 October 1990, he has served as Prime Minister of the legal one of two rival governments that contended for power. He declared "The Liberation War" against the Syrian...

1935– 22 September 1988 13 October 1990 Military
60 (27) Selim Hoss (3rd term) 1929– 14 October 1990 24 December 1990 Independent
61 30 Omar Karami
Omar Karami
Omar Abdul Hamid Karami was the Prime Minister of Lebanon on two separate occasions...

 (1st term)
1934– 24 December 1990 13 May 1992 Independent
62 (25) Rachid Solh
Rachid Solh
Rashid el-Solh was a Lebanese politician and former Prime Minister, kin of one of the most powerful Sunni families in the country. He was elected to the Lebanese Parliament as a MP for the first time in the Beirut riding in 1960 and was appointed by then President Suleiman Franjieh as prime...

 (2nd term)
1926– 13 May 1992 31 October 1992 Independent
63 31 Rafic Hariri (1st term) 1944–2005 31 October 1992 2 December 1998 Future Movement
64 (27) Selim Hoss (4th term) 1929– 2 December 1998 23 October 2000 Independent
65 (31) Rafic Hariri (2nd term) 1944–2005 23 October 2000 21 October 2004 Future Movement
66 (30) Omar Karami
Omar Karami
Omar Abdul Hamid Karami was the Prime Minister of Lebanon on two separate occasions...

 (2nd term)
1934– 21 October 2004 15 April 2005 Independent
67 32 Najib Mikati
Najib Mikati
Najib Azmi Mikati is a Lebanese politician, billionaire and is the current Prime Minister of Lebanon since 13 June 2011. From April 2005 to July 2005 he was Prime Minister of Lebanon in a caretaker government...

 (1st term)
1955– 15 April 2005 30 June 2005 Glory Movement
68 33 Fuad Siniora 1943– 30 June 2005 9 November 2009 Future Movement/March 14 Alliance
March 14 Alliance
The March 14 alliance , named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon that call for sovereignty over all Lebanese territories, led by MP Saad Hariri, younger son of Rafik Hariri, the assassinated former prime minister of Lebanon, as...

69 34 Saad Hariri
Saad Hariri
Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005...

1970– 9 November 2009 13 June 2011
(Acting since 25 January 2011)
Future Movement/March 14 Alliance
March 14 Alliance
The March 14 alliance , named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon that call for sovereignty over all Lebanese territories, led by MP Saad Hariri, younger son of Rafik Hariri, the assassinated former prime minister of Lebanon, as...

70 35 Najib Mikati
Najib Mikati
Najib Azmi Mikati is a Lebanese politician, billionaire and is the current Prime Minister of Lebanon since 13 June 2011. From April 2005 to July 2005 he was Prime Minister of Lebanon in a caretaker government...

1955– 13 June 2011 Incumbent Glory Movement/March 8 Alliance
March 8 Alliance
The March 8 Alliance is a coalition of various political parties in Lebanon. It has been the ruling coalition since January 25, 2011 when the alliance managed to nominate Najib Mikati as the new prime minister.-History:...


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