Lebanese government of July 2005
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This is the list of the Lebanese government that was formed by Fouad Siniora
on 19 July 2005 who was appointed by then president Émile Lahoud
. All the main political blocs were included in it except for the Free Patriotic Movement
-led bloc headed by General
Michel Aoun
. The legality of the government has been questioned since the Shia parties left.
On 24 November 2007, the government became an interim one following the end of the president's mandate. A new government shall be formed following the election of a new president.
See also: Lebanese Government of November 2009
Fouad Siniora
Fuad Siniora is a Lebanese politician, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon, a position he held from 19 July 2005 to May 25, 2008 the date of the election of the new President of Lebanon; he was renominated to the post on 28 May 2008 and held the post as Acting President between those...
on 19 July 2005 who was appointed by then president Émile Lahoud
Émile Lahoud
General Émile Jamil Lahoud is a former President of Lebanon. Lahoud is a Maronite-Catholic, as is required for the Lebanese presidency. Under Lebanon's unwritten constitutional agreement, the National Pact, the presidency is earmarked for Maronite_Catholic, the parliament speaker's post for a Shia...
. All the main political blocs were included in it except for the Free Patriotic Movement
Free Patriotic Movement
The Free Patriotic Movement , also known as the "Aounist Movement" , is a Lebanese political party, led by Michel Aoun and allied with Hezbollah, The movement was officially declared a political party on September 18, 2005Though most of the party's support comes from Lebanon's...
-led bloc headed by General
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
Michel Aoun
Michel Aoun
Michel Naim Aoun is a former Lebanese Army Commander and he is one of the allies of Hezbollah. From 22 September 1988 to 13 October 1990, he has served as Prime Minister of the legal one of two rival governments that contended for power. He declared "The Liberation War" against the Syrian...
. The legality of the government has been questioned since the Shia parties left.
On 24 November 2007, the government became an interim one following the end of the president's mandate. A new government shall be formed following the election of a new president.
| Portfolio | Minister | Political affiliation [1] |
| Maronite Christians | ||
| Jihad Azour Jihad Azour Jihad Azour , , is a Lebanese economist and politician, he has served as Lebanon's Minister of Finance under Fouad Saniora's government from 2005 to 2008.-Education:... |
Finance | Future Movement (pro-Hariri Saad Hariri Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005... [2]) |
| Charles Rizk Charles Rizk Charles Rizk , born in Beirut in 1935, is a Lebanese Maronite politician. A student at the prestigious Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, Rizk began his political career as an aide to President Fuad Chehab... |
Justice | Independent (was pro-Lahoud) Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... [3] |
| Nayla Moawad Nayla Moawad Nayla Moawad is a Lebanese politician. Outside of Lebanon, she is best known as the widow of former President René Moawad, who was assassinated on 22 November 1989. Within Lebanon, she is a high-profile politician in her own right, having served as a member of the National Assembly since 1991... |
Social Affairs | Qornet Shehwan Gathering Qornet Shehwan Gathering The Qornet Shehwan Gathering is a Lebanese political organization, comprising politicians, intellectuals, and businessmen, mostly Christian and ranging in ideology from the centre-right to the center-left. The organization is not a political party in the classical sense: its members belong to,... [4] |
| Pierre Amine Gemayel Pierre Amine Gemayel Pierre Amine Gemayel was a Lebanese politician in the Kataeb Party, better known in English as the Phalange Party. Lebanon's second-youngest MP, he was a rising star in his party... (Assassinated on November 21, 2006) |
Industry | Kataeb [4] |
| Joseph Sarkis Joseph Sarkis Joseph Sarkis born in 1949, is a Lebanese politician and Minister of Tourism since July 19, 2005 in the Fouad Siniora Government.He is a prominent member of the Lebanese Forces. From 1988 to 1994, he was member of the Kataeb Political Bureau. He distanced himself from that party after its... |
Tourism | Lebanese Forces Lebanese Forces The Lebanese Forces is a Lebanese political party. Founded as a militia by Bachir Gemayel during the Lebanese Civil War, the movement fought as the main militia within the Christian-dominated Lebanese Front... [5] |
| Eastern Orthodox Christians Eastern Orthodox Church The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,... |
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| Tarek Mitri Tarek Mitri Tarek Mitri is a Greek Orthodox Professor and Independent politician from Lebanon, he was born in 1950 and has played a significant role in advocating freedom of expression in Lebanon. Most recently, Mitri successfully pushed for lifting the ban on the film adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis... |
Culture | Independent (was pro-Lahoud) Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
| Yacoub Sarraf Yacoub Sarraf Yacoub Riad Sarraf is a Lebanese politician. He was born in the town of Miniara in the Akkar district of northern Lebanon.Sarraf, who is a Greek Orthodox Christian, has degrees in civil engineering and architecture from the American University of Beirut. He is married and has two children... (resigned on November 11, 2006) |
Environment | pro-Lahoud Émile Lahoud General Émile Jamil Lahoud is a former President of Lebanon. Lahoud is a Maronite-Catholic, as is required for the Lebanese presidency. Under Lebanon's unwritten constitutional agreement, the National Pact, the presidency is earmarked for Maronite_Catholic, the parliament speaker's post for a Shia... |
| Elias Murr Elias Murr Elias Murr is the former Lebanese Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. He held the positions of Deputy Prime minister and Interior Minister in previous Cabinets.... |
Deputy Prime Minister and defence | Independent (was pro-Lahoud) Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
| Greek Catholics | ||
| Michel Pharaon Michel Pharaon Michel Pharaon , a Lebanese politician, and a State Minister. He was the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Fouad Siniora government. He is a Member of the Lebanese Parliament.He was born in Beirut in 1949.... |
Minister of State | Future Movement (pro-Hariri Saad Hariri Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005... ) |
| Nehme Tohmé | Refugees | Progressive Socialist Party Progressive Socialist Party The Progressive Socialist Party or PSP , also known as Parti Socialiste Progressiste in French, is a political party in Lebanon. Its current leader is Walid Jumblatt... [6] |
| Armenian Orthodox Christian | ||
| Jean Oghassabian | Administrative Reforms | Future Movement (pro-Hariri Saad Hariri Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005... ) |
| Protestant | ||
| Sami Haddad Sami Haddad Sami Haddad was the Lebanese minister of economy and trade.Born in Lebanon, Haddad graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1971 with a degree in economics... |
Economy and Trade | Future Movement (pro-Hariri Saad Hariri Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005... ) |
| Sunni Muslims Sunni Islam Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam. Sunni Muslims are referred to in Arabic as ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah wa āl-Ǧamāʿah or ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah for short; in English, they are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis or Sunnites.... |
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| Fouad Siniora Fouad Siniora Fuad Siniora is a Lebanese politician, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon, a position he held from 19 July 2005 to May 25, 2008 the date of the election of the new President of Lebanon; he was renominated to the post on 28 May 2008 and held the post as Acting President between those... (considered resigned on May 25, 2008 because of the election of a new President) |
Prime Minister | Future Movement (pro-Hariri Saad Hariri Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005... ) |
| Hassan Sabeh Hassan Sabeh Major General Hassan Sabeh is a Lebanese politician and was the Interior Minister in the 2005 cabinet of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.... |
Interior | Future Movement (pro-Hariri Saad Hariri Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005... ) |
| Ahmad Fatfat Ahmad Fatfat Ahmad Fatfat is a Lebanese politician from Danniyeh , North Lebanon. He was the Minister of Youth and Sports in the cabinet of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. From February to November 2006 he was the interim Interior Minister and considered the Tea Minister by many Lebanese in the same cabinet... |
Youth and Sport | Future Movement (pro-Hariri Saad Hariri Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005... ) |
| Khaled Kabbani | Education | Future Movement (pro-Hariri Saad Hariri Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005... ) |
| Mohammad Safadi | Transport and Public Buildings | Future Movement (pro-Hariri Saad Hariri Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005... ) |
| Shiite Muslims Shi'a Islam Shia Islam is the second largest denomination of Islam. The followers of Shia Islam are called Shi'ites or Shias. "Shia" is the short form of the historic phrase Shīʻatu ʻAlī , meaning "followers of Ali", "faction of Ali", or "party of Ali".Like other schools of thought in Islam, Shia Islam is... |
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| Fawzi Salloukh Fawzi Salloukh Fawzi Salloukh is a Lebanese politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 19 2005 to 2009.Salloukh was born in 1931 in Qammatieh, Lebanon. Salloukh graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1954 with a Diploma in Political Science.Salloukh is said by some to be closely... (resigned on November 11, 2006) |
Foreign Affairs | Independent (Hezbollah-endorsed) |
| Muhammad Fneish Muhammad Fneish Muhammad Fneish is a Lebanese politician and member of Hezbollah. He is the former Minister of Labour.He was one of Hezbollah's two representatives in the government of Prime Minister of Lebanon Fouad Siniora until Hezbollah left the government in 2006. The other Hezbollah representative was Trad... (resigned on November 11, 2006) |
Energy and Water | Hezbollah [7] |
| Trad Hamadeh Trad Hamadeh Trad Hamadeh was one of Hezbollah's two representatives in the Prime Minister of Lebanon Fouad Siniora's cabinet. The other Hezbollah representative was Muhammad Fneish.... (resigned on November 11, 2006) |
Labour | Hezbollah |
| Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh is the current Minister of Health of Lebanon. In June 2006 Saad Hariri held talks with Mohammed Jawad Khalifeh on a proposal to provide general insurance to the Lebanese... (resigned on November 11, 2006) |
Health | Amal Movement Amal Movement Amal Movement is short for the Lebanese Resistance Detachments the acronym for which, in Arabic, is "amal", meaning "hope."Amal was founded in 1975 as the militia wing of the Movement of the Disinherited, a Shi'a political movement founded by Musa... [8] |
| Talal Sahili (resigned on November 11, 2006) | Agriculture | Amal Movement Amal Movement Amal Movement is short for the Lebanese Resistance Detachments the acronym for which, in Arabic, is "amal", meaning "hope."Amal was founded in 1975 as the militia wing of the Movement of the Disinherited, a Shi'a political movement founded by Musa... |
| Druze Druze The Druze are an esoteric, monotheistic religious community, found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, which emerged during the 11th century from Ismailism. The Druze have an eclectic set of beliefs that incorporate several elements from Abrahamic religions, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism... s |
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| Marwan Hamadeh | Telecommunications | Progressive Socialist Party Progressive Socialist Party The Progressive Socialist Party or PSP , also known as Parti Socialiste Progressiste in French, is a political party in Lebanon. Its current leader is Walid Jumblatt... |
| Ghazi Aridi | Information | Progressive Socialist Party Progressive Socialist Party The Progressive Socialist Party or PSP , also known as Parti Socialiste Progressiste in French, is a political party in Lebanon. Its current leader is Walid Jumblatt... |
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See also: Lebanese Government of November 2009
Lebanese government of November 2009
In November 2009, after five months of negotiations following the 2009 parliamentary elections, Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri formed a national unity government.-Method:...