Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET; Arabic: وزارة الأقتصاد والتجارة)[1] is a governmental ministry of Lebanon, headquartered on the 5th floor of the Azarieh Building in Beirut.[2]
Since 10 September 2021, the ministry has been led by Amin Salam as Minister of Economy and Trade.
| No. | MOET | Prime Minister | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adel Osseiran | Riad Al Solh | 25 Sep 1943 | 02 Jul 1944 |
| 2 | Riad Al Solh | 03 Jul 1944 | 09 Jan 1945 | |
| 3 | Jamil Talhouk | Abdul Karami | 09 Jan 1945 | 22 Aug 1945 |
| 4 | Sami as-Solh | Sami as-Solh | 22 Aug 1945 | 22 May 1946 |
| 5 | Saadi Al Munla | Saadi Al Munla | 22 May 1946 | 14 Dec 1946 |
| 6 | Kamal Jumblat | Riad Solh | 14 Dec 1946 | 07 Jun 1947 |
| 7 | Sleiman Nawfal | 07 Jun 1947 | 26 Jul 1948 | |
| 8 | Philippe Takla | 26 Jul 1948 | 01 Oct 1949 | |
| 9 | Philippe Takla | 01 Oct 1949 | 14 Feb 1951 | |
| 10 | Boulos Fayyad | Hussein Al Oweini | 14 Feb 1951 | 07 Jun 1951 |
| 11 | Philippe Takla | Abdallah Yafi | 07 Jun 1951 | 11 Feb 1952 |
| 12 | Sleiman Al Ali | Sami as-Solh | 11 Feb 1952 | 09 Sep 1952 |
| 13 | Basil Trad | Nazem Akkari | 09 Sep 1952 | 14 Sep 1952 |
| Saeb Salam | 14 Sep 1952 | 18 Sep 1952 | ||
| 14 | Basil Trad | Fuad Chehab | 18 Sep 1952 | 30 Sep 1952 |
| 15 | George Hakim | Khaled Shehab | 30 Sep 1952 | 30 Apr 1953 |
| 16 | George Hakim | Saeb Salam | 30 Apr 1953 | 16 Aug 1953 |
| 17 | Rashid Karami | Abdallah Yafi | 16 Aug 1953 | 01 Mar 1954 |
| 18 | 01 Mar 1954 | 16 Sep 1954 | ||
| 19 | Sami as-Solh | 16 Sep 1954 | 09 Jul 1955 | |
| 20 | 09 Jul 1955 | 19 Sep 1955 | ||
| 21 | Nazih Al Bizri | Rashid Karami | 19 Sep 1955 | 19 Mar 1956 |
| 22 | George Hakim | Abdallah Yafi | 19 Mar 1956 | 08 Jun 1956 |
| 23 | George Karam | 09 Jun 1956 | 18 Nov 1956 | |
| 24 | Nasri Maalouf | Sami as-Solh | 18 Nov 1956 | 18 Aug 1957 |
| 25 | Kazem al-Khalil | 18 Aug 1957 | 14 Mar 1958 | |
| 26 | Kazem al-Khalil | 14 Mar 1958 | 24 Sep 1958 | |
| 27 | Charles Helou | 24 Sep 1958 | 14 Oct 1958 | |
| 28 | Philippe Takla | Rashid Karami | 14 Oct 1958 | 14 May 1960 |
| 29 | Philippe Takla | Ahmad Daouk | 14 May 1960 | 01 Aug 1960 |
| 30 | Sleiman Al Ali | Saeb Salam | 01 Aug 1960 | 20 May 1961 |
| 31 | Philippe Boulos | 20 May 1961 | 31 Oct 1961 | |
| 32 | Rafic Naja | Rashid Karami | 31 Oct 1961 | 20 Feb 1964 |
| 33 | Fouad Ammoun | Hussein Al Oweini | 20 Feb 1964 | 25 Sep 1964 |
| 34 | Joseph Najjar | 25 Sep 1964 | 18 Nov 1964 | |
| 35 | Bahij Takieddine | 18 Nov 1964 | 25 Jul 1965 | |
| 36 | Rafic Naja | Rashid Karami | 25 Jul 1965 | 09 Apr 1966 |
| 37 | Sobhi Mahmassani | Abdallah Yafi | 09 Apr 1966 | 06 Dec 1966 |
| 38 | Said Hamadeh | Rashid Karami | 06 Dec 1966 | 08 Feb 1968 |
| 39 | Edward Honein | Abdallah Yafi | 08 Feb 1968 | 12 Oct 1968 |
| 40 | 12 Oct 1968 | 20 Oct 1968 | ||
| 41 | Hussein Al Oweini | 20 Oct 1968 | 15 Jan 1969 | |
| 42 | Nassim Majdalani | Rashid Karami | 15 Jan 1969 | 25 Nov 1969 |
| 43 | Suleiman Frangieh / Nassim Majdalani | 25 Nov 1969 | 13 Oct 1970 | |
| 44 | Saeb Jaroudi | Saeb Salam | 13 Oct 1970 | 27 May 1972 |
| 45 | Anwar Al Sabbah | 27 May 1972 | 25 Apr 1973 | |
| 46 | Bahij Tabbara | Amin Hafez | 25 Apr 1973 | 08 Jul 1973 |
| 47 | Nazih Al Bizri | Takieddine Solh | 08 Jul 1973 | 30 Oct 1974 |
| 48 | Abbas Khalaf | Rachid Solh | 31 Oct 1974 | 22 May 1975 |
| 49 | Fawzi Al Khatib | Nureddine Rifai | 22 May 1975 | 01 Jul 1975 |
| 50 | Adel Osseiran / George Skaff | Rashid Karami | 01 Jul 1975 | 09 Dec 1976 |
| 51 | Selim al-Hoss | Selim al-Hoss | 09 Dec 1976 | 16 Jul 1979 |
| 52 | Talal El Merhebi | 16 Jul 1979 | 25 Oct 1980 | |
| 53 | Khaled Jumblat | Shafik Wazzan | 25 Oct 1980 | 08 Oct 1982 |
| 54 | Ibrahim Halawi | 08 Oct 1982 | 29 Apr 1984 | |
| 55 | Victor Kassir | Rashid Karami | 30 Apr 1984 | 22 Sep 1988 |
| 56 | Issam Abu Jamra | Michel Aoun | 22 Sep 1988 | 25 Nov 1989 |
| 57 | Nazih Al Bizri | Selim al-Hoss | 25 Nov 1989 | 23 Dec 1990 |
| 58 | Marwan Hamadeh | Omar Karami | 24 Dec 1990 | 15 May 1992 |
| 59 | Samir Makdasi | Rashid al-Solh | 16 May 1992 | 30 Oct 1992 |
| 60 | Hagop Yarwant Demerjian | Rafic Hariri | 31 Oct 1992 | 25 May 1995 |
| 61 | Yassine Jaber | 25 May 1995 | 07 Nov 1996 | |
| 62 | 07 Nov 1996 | 24 Dec 1998 | ||
| 63 | Nasser Saidi | Selim al-Hoss | 24 Dec 1998 | 23 Oct 2000 |
| 64 | Bassel Fleihan | Rafic Hariri | 23 Oct 2000 | 17 Apr 2003 |
| 65 | Marwan Hamadeh | 17 Apr 2003 | 21 Oct 2004 | |
| 66 | Adnan Kassar | Omar Karami | 26 Oct 2004 | 19 Apr 2005 |
| 67 | Damianos Kattar | Najib Mikati | 19 Apr 2005 | 19 Jul 2005 |
| 68 | Sami Haddad | Fouad Siniora | 19 Jul 2005 | 21 Jul 2008 |
| 69 | Mohammad Safadi | 22 Jul 2008 | 09 Nov 2009 | |
| 70 | Saad Hariri | 10 Nov 2009 | 13 Jun 2011 | |
| 71 | Nicolas Nahas | Najib Mikati | 13 Jun 2011 | 15 Feb 2014 |
| 72 | Alain Hakim | Tammam Salam | 15 Feb 2014 | 18 Dec 2016 |
| 73 | Raed Khoury | Saad Hariri | 18 Dec 2016 | 31 Jan 2019 |
| 74 | Monsour Bteish | 31 Jan 2019 | 21 Jan 2020 | |
| 75 | Raoul Nehme | Hassan Diab | 21 Jan 2020 | 10 Sep 2021 |
| 76 | Amin Salam | Najib Mikati | 10 Sep 2021 | Incumbent |