| Office: | Minister of Information |
| Primeminister: | Rafic Hariri |
| Term Start: | November 1996 |
| Term End: | December 1998 |
| Birth Name: | Bassem Ahmed Sabeh |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, Lebanon |
| Alma Mater: | Lebanese University |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Nationality: | Lebanese |
Bassem Sabeh (born 1 January 1951) is a Lebanese journalist and politician. He served at the Parliament of Lebanon and was the editor-in-chief of As Safir daily between 1980 and 1990.
Sabeh was born in Bourj el-Barajneh on 1 January 1951.[1] He hailed from a Shia family.[2] He received a degree in journalism from the Lebanese University in Beirut in 1972.[1]
Following his graduation Sabeh worked for different newspapers and became a member of the Press Syndicate in 1979.[1] He was its secretary from 1979 to 1996.[3] He was named as the editor-in-chief of As Safir in 1980 and served in the post until 1990.[1] He was appointed deputy-secretary of the Arab Journalists Federation in 1983, and his term ended in 1996.[3]
Sabeh was elected as a deputy from Baabda in 1992 and won his seat again in 1996.[1] He was appointed minister of information in November 1996 which he held until December 1998.[1] Sabeh was elected as a member of the Parliament on the list of the Future Movement in the 2005 elections.[4] The same year he was a candidate for the Speaker of the Parliament. However, Nabih Berri won the election.[5] Sabeh also ran for a seat from Baabda in the 2009 elections, but he was not elected.[4]
Sabeh is one of the critics of the Shia political party Hezbollah.[2] He was close to Rafic Hariri.[6]