Office: | Prime Minister of Lebanon |
President: | Bishara Al Khouri |
Term Start: | 22 May 1946 |
Term End: | 14 December 1946 |
Predecessor: | Sami Al Solh |
Successor: | Riad Al Solh |
Office2: | Minister of Economy |
President2: | Bishara Al Khouri |
Term Start2: | 22 May 1946 |
Term End2: | 14 December 1946 |
Birth Date: | 4 November 1890 |
Birth Place: | Tripoli, Ottoman Empire |
Saadi Al Munla (Arabic: سعدي المنلا; 4 November 1890 – 12 December 1975) was a Lebanese politician and one of the former Lebanese prime ministers. He also served as minister of economy.
Munla was a member of a Sunni family based in Tripoli.[1] He was born there on 4 November 1890.[2] He received a law degree.[1]
Munla was a lawyer by profession.[2] He was a protégé of Rashid Karami[3] and a member of the Independence Party headed by Abdul Hamid Karami. He then became a member of the Lebanese parliament.[1] In 1945 he was appointed minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Sami Solh.[4] Munla and two other cabinet members who were also the member of the Independence Party, Ahmed Asad and Jamil Talhouk, resigned from office in May 1946.[4] Munla was appointed prime minister on 22 May 1946 under President Bishara Khoury replacing Sami Solh in the post.[4] Munla was in the office until 14 December 1946, and Riad Solh succeeded him as prime minister.[1] [4] During his premiership Munla also assumed the position of economy minister.[1] He died in December 1975.[2]