List of prime ministers of Lebanon explained

This is a list of prime ministers of Lebanon (officially titled President of the Council of Ministers) since the creation of the office in 1926.

National Pact

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 officeholders

State of Greater Lebanon, part of the French Mandate (1926–1943)

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Party	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Auguste Adib Pacha Arabic: أوغست أديب باشا	31 May 1926	5 May 1927			Independent	Adib I	^[1]
2		Bechara Khoury Arabic: بشارة الخوري	5 May 1927	10 August 1928			Constitutional Party	Khoury I–II
3		Habib Pacha Es-Saad Arabic: حبيب باشا السعد	10 August 1928	9 May 1929			Independent	Saad
4		Bechara Khoury Arabic: بشارة الخوري	9 May 1929	11 October 1929			Constitutional Party	Khoury III
5		Émile Eddé Arabic: إميل أده	11 October 1929	25 March 1930			National Bloc	Eddé
6		Auguste Adib Pacha Arabic: أوغست أديب باشا	25 March 1930	9 March 1932			Independent	Adib II
7		Charles Debbas Arabic: شارل دباس	9 March 1932	29 January 1934			Independent
8		Abdallah Beyhum Arabic: عبد الله بيهم	29 January 1934	30 January 1936			Independent
9		Ayoub Tabet Arabic: أيوب ثابت	30 January 1936	5 January 1937			Independent
10		Khayreddine al-Ahdab Arabic: خير الدين الأحدب	5 January 1937	18 March 1938			National Bloc	Ahdab I–II–III–IV–V
11		Khaled Chehab Arabic: خالد شهاب	18 March 1938	24 October 1938			Independent	Chehab I
12		Abdallah Yafi Arabic: عبد الله اليافي	24 October 1938	21 September 1939			Independent	Yafi I–II
13		Abdallah Beyhum Arabic: عبد الله بيهم	21 September 1939	4 April 1941			Independent
14		Alfred Georges Naccache Arabic: ألفرد جورج النقاش	7 April 1941	26 November 1941			Kataeb Party
15		Ahmad Daouk Arabic: أحمد الداعوق	1 December 1941	26 July 1942			Independent	Daouk I
16		Sami Solh Arabic: سامي الصلح	26 July 1942	22 March 1943			Constitutional Party	Sami Solh I
17		Ayoub Tabet Arabic: أيوب ثابت	22 March 1943	21 July 1943			Independent	Tabet
18		Petro Trad Arabic: بيترو طراد	1 August 1943	25 September 1943			Independent

Lebanese Republic (1943–present)

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Party	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Riad Solh Arabic: رياض الصلح	25 September 1943	10 January 1945			Constitutional Party	Riad Solh I–II	^[2]
2		Abdul Hamid Karami Arabic: عبد الحميد كرامي	10 January 1945	20 August 1945			Independent	Karami
3		Sami Solh Arabic: سامي الصلح	23 August 1945	22 May 1946			Constitutional Party	Sami Solh II
4		Saadi Munla Arabic: سعدي المنلا	22 May 1946	14 December 1946			Independent	Munla
5		Riad Solh Arabic: رياض الصلح	14 December 1946	14 February 1951			Independence Movement	Riad Solh III–IV–V–VI
6		Hussein Oweini Arabic: حسين العويني	14 February 1951	7 April 1951			Independent	Oweini I
7		Abdallah Yafi Arabic: عبد الله اليافي	7 April 1951	11 February 1952			Independent	Yafi III
8		Sami Solh Arabic: سامي الصلح	11 February 1952	9 September 1952			Constitutional Party	Sami Solh III
9		Nazem Akkari Arabic: ناظم عكاري	10 September 1952	14 September 1952			Independent	Akkari
10		Saeb Salam Arabic: صائب سلام	14 September 1952	18 September 1952			Independent	Salam I
—		Fuad Chehab Arabic: فؤاد شهاب	18 September 1952	1 October 1952			Independent	Fouad Chehab
11		Khaled Chehab Arabic: خالد شهاب	1 October 1952	1 May 1953			Independent	Khaled Chehab II
12		Saeb Salam Arabic: صائب سلام	1 May 1953	16 August 1953			Independent	Salam II
13		Abdallah Yafi Arabic: عبد الله اليافي	16 August 1953	16 September 1954			Independent	Yafi IV–Yafi V
14		Sami Solh Arabic: سامي الصلح	16 September 1954	19 September 1955			Constitutional Party	Sami Solh IV–V
15		Rashid Karami Arabic: رشيد كرامي	19 September 1955	20 March 1956			Independent	Karami I
16		Abdallah Yafi Arabic: عبد الله اليافي	20 March 1956	18 November 1956			Independent	Yafi VI–VII
17		Sami Solh Arabic: سامي الصلح	18 November 1956	20 September 1958			Constitutional Party	Sami Solh VI–VII–VIII
—		Khalil Hibri Arabic: خليل الهبري	20 September 1958	24 September 1958			Independent	Sami Solh VIII
18		Rashid Karami Arabic: رشيد كرامي	24 September 1958	14 May 1960			Independent	Karami II–III
19		Ahmad Daouk Arabic: أحمد الداعوق	14 May 1960	1 August 1960			Independent	Daouk II
20		Saeb Salam Arabic: صائب سلام	2 August 1960	31 October 1961			Independent	Salam III–IV
21		Rashid Karami Arabic: رشيد كرامي	31 October 1961	20 February 1964			Independent	Karami IV
22		Hussein Oweini Arabic: حسين العويني	20 February 1964	25 July 1965			Independent	Oweini II–III–IV
23		Rashid Karami Arabic: رشيد كرامي	25 July 1965	9 April 1966			Independent	Karami V
24		Abdallah Yafi Arabic: عبد الله اليافي	9 April 1966	2 December 1966			Independent	Yafi VIII
25		Rashid Karami Arabic: رشيد كرامي	7 December 1966	8 February 1968			Independent	Karami VI
26		Abdallah Yafi Arabic: عبد الله اليافي	8 February 1968	15 January 1969			Independent	Yafi IX–X–XI
27		Rashid Karami Arabic: رشيد كرامي	15 January 1969	13 October 1970			Independent	Karami VII–VIII
28		Saeb Salam Arabic: صائب سلام	13 October 1970	25 April 1973			Independent	Salam V–VI
29		Amin Hafez Arabic: أمين الحافظ	25 April 1973	21 June 1973			Independent	Hafez
30		Takieddine Solh Arabic: تقي الدين الصلح	21 June 1973	31 October 1974			Independent	Takieddin Solh
31		Rachid Solh Arabic: رشيد الصلح	31 October 1974	24 May 1975			Independent	Rachid Solh I
32		Nureddine Rifai Arabic: نور الدين الرفاعي	24 May 1975	27 May 1975			Military	Rifai
33		Rashid Karami Arabic: رشيد كرامي	1 July 1975	8 December 1976			National Salvation Front	Karami IX
34		Selim Hoss Arabic: سليم الحص	8 December 1976	20 July 1980			Independent	Hoss I–II
35		Takieddine Solh Arabic: تقي الدين الصلح	20 July 1980	25 October 1980			Independent	No government
36		Shafik Dib Wazzan Arabic: شفيق أديب الوزان	25 October 1980	30 April 1984			Independent	Wazzan I–II
37		Rashid Karami Arabic: رشيد كرامي	30 April 1984	1 June 1987			National Salvation Front	Karami X
38		Selim Hoss Arabic: سليم الحص	2 June 1987	24 December 1990			Independent	Hoss III
–		Michel Aoun Arabic: ميشال عون	22 September 1988	13 October 1990			Military	Aoun
Second Lebanese Republic
39		Omar Karami Arabic: عمر كرامي	24 December 1990	16 May 1992			Arab Liberation Party	Karami I
40		Rachid Solh Arabic: رشيد الصلح	16 May 1992	31 October 1992			Independent	Rachid Solh II
41		Rafic Hariri Arabic: رفيق الحريري	31 October 1992	4 December 1998			Future Movement	Hariri I–II–III
42		Selim Hoss Arabic: سليم الحص	4 December 1998	26 October 2000			Independent	Hoss IV
43		Rafic Hariri Arabic: رفيق الحريري	26 October 2000	26 October 2004	years		Future Movement	Hariri IV–V
44		Omar Karami Arabic: عمر كرامي	26 October 2004	19 April 2005			Arab Liberation Party	Karami II
45		Najib Mikati Arabic: نجيب ميقاتي	19 April 2005	19 July 2005			Glory Movement	Mikati I
46		Fouad Siniora Arabic: فؤاد السنيورة	19 July 2005	9 November 2009			Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)	Siniora I–II
47		Saad Hariri Arabic: سعد الدين الحريري	9 November 2009	13 June 2011			Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)	Hariri I
48		Najib Mikati Arabic: نجيب ميقاتي	13 June 2011	15 February 2014			Azm Movement (March 8 Alliance)	Mikati II
49		Tammam Salam Arabic: تمّام سلام	15 February 2014	18 December 2016			Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)	Salam
50		Saad Hariri Arabic: سعد الدين الحريري	18 December 2016	21 January 2020			Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)	Hariri II–III
51		Hassan Diab Arabic: حسّان دياب	21 January 2020	10 September 2021			Independent	Diab
52		Najib Mikati Arabic: نجيب ميقاتي	10 September 2021	Incumbent			Azm Movement	Mikati III	^[3]

See also

• Deputy Prime minister of Lebanon
  • List of deputy prime ministers of Lebanon
• President of Lebanon
  • List of presidents of Lebanon
• Prime Minister of Lebanon
• List of speakers of the Parliament of Lebanon
• Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon
• Lists of office-holders

Notes and References

1. Book: مكتبة فلسطين للكتب المصورة . معجم حكام لبنان والرؤساء 1842_2012 - عدنان محسن ضاهر و د.رياض غنام . 2017-05-24 . arabic.
2. Web site: الرؤساء السابقون . 2024-01-12 . www.pcm.gov.lb.
3. Web site: Prentis . Jamie . 2022-06-23 . Najib Mikati named Lebanon's prime minister-designate . 2022-06-28 . The National . en.