| Office: | Minister of Interior and Municipalities |
| Primeminister: | Najib Mikati |
| Predecessor: | Ziyad Baroud |
| Successor: | Nohad Machnouk |
| Term Start: | 13 June 2011 |
| Term End: | February 2013 |
| Nationality: | Lebanese |
| Children: | 3 |
| Rank: | Brigadier general |
Marwan Charbel (; born 1947) is a retired Lebanese brigadier general and the former minister of interior and municipalities between 2011 and 2013.[1]
Charbel was born in 1947.[2] He entered the military academy in 1968 and graduated as a lieutenant in 1971.[2] Then he obtained a bachelor's degree in law from Lebanese University in 1981.[3]
Charbel served in various units of the Internal Security Forces.[4] Then he became a major general in the Internal Security Forces.[5] He was the advisor of caretaker interior minister Ziyad Baroud.
In June 2011, he was appointed minister of interior and municipalities to the cabinet led by prime minister Najib Mikati,[6] [7] replacing Ziyad Baroud in the post. Charbel was part of the group appointed by President Michel Suleiman in the cabinet.[5] [8] His appointment was one of the major points significantly discussed during the negotiation process for the establishment of the cabinet.[8] He was considered to be a friends with both the Lebanese president Michel Sulaiman and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun.[8] In fact, he was seen as a member of FPM.[7] [9]
In 2011, Charbel proposed the hybrid-system reform in regard to legislative elections to be held in 2013.[10] In February 2014, Charbel's term ended when Nouhad Machnouk was appointed to the post.[11] [12]
Charbel is married and has two sons and a daughter.[13]
In early May 2013 Charbel stated on Al Jadeed TV that Lebanon was opposed to homosexuals (using the derogatory Arabic term for homosexuals, 'liwat') and that homosexuality was a felony in Lebanon. These remarks followed shortly after the controversial raid and closing of a gay-friendly nightclub in Dekwaneh during which it is reported that several gay men and a transgender woman were falsely arrested and abused by security forces acting on the direct instructions of the mayor of Dekwaneh, Antoine Chakhtoura.[14] Charbel's office subsequently posted a clarification on Facebook that Charbel was not passing a judgment, but was merely stating that while gay marriage was recently legalized in France it was still prohibited in Lebanon.[15]