Ministry of National Defense (Lebanon)
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Lebanon |
| Headquarters | Yarze, Baabda, Mount Lebanon  Coordinates: 33°50′29″N 35°33′10″E / 33.84139°N 35.55278°E |
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The Ministry of National Defense (Arabic: وزارة الدفاع الوطني Wizārat al-Difāʾ al-Waṭanī) is Lebanon's service section for the Lebanese Armed Forces. The Ministry is located in Yarzeh, Baabda District, Mount Lebanon.[1] The building which is considered the biggest Ministry building in Lebanon was designed by the French architect André Wogenscky in 1968.[2] The ministry building also houses the Lebanese Military Museum.
Ministers[]
The ministers of National Defence have been:[3]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 25 September 1943 | 9 January 1945 | 1 year, 106 days | ? | |
| 2 | (1887–1950) | 9 January 1945 | 22 August 1945 | 256 days | ? | |
| 3 | Ahmed al-Asaad (1902–1961) | 22 August 1945 | 22 May 1946 | 242 days | ? | |
| (1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 22 May 1946 | 14 February 1951 | 4 years, 268 days | ? | |
| 4 | Hussein Al Oweini (1910–1971) | 14 February 1951 | 7 June 1951 | 4 years, 268 days | Independent | |
| 5 | (1889–1971) | 7 June 1951 | 2 February 1952 | 353 days | ? | |
| (1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 2 February 1952 | 9 September 1952 | 220 days | ? | |
| 6 | Nazem Akkari (1902–1985) | 9 September 1952 | 14 September 1952 | 5 days | Independent | |
| 7 | Saeb Salam (1905–2000) | 14 September 1952 | 18 September 1952 | 4 days | Independent | |
| 8 | Fuad Chehab (1902–1973) | 18 September 1952 | 30 September 1952 | 12 days | Independent | |
| 9 | Khaled Chehab (1886–1978) | 30 September 1952 | 30 April 1953 | 212 days | Independent | |
| (7) | Saeb Salam (1905–2000) | 30 April 1953 | 16 August 1953 | 108 days | Independent | |
| 10 | Abdallah El-Yafi (1901–1986) | 16 August 1953 | 1 March 1954 | 197 days | Independent | |
| (1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 1 March 1954 | 18 November 1956 | 2 years, 262 days | ? | |
| (8) | Fuad Chehab (1902–1973) | 18 November 1956 | 1 March 1957 | 103 days | Independent | |
| 11 | Sami as-Solh (1887–1968) | 1 March 1957 | 18 August 1957 | 170 days | Constitutional Bloc | |
| (1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 18 August 1957 | 14 March 1958 | 208 days | ? | |
| (5) | (1889–1971) | 14 March 1958 | 22 May 1958 | 69 days | ? | |
| (11) | Sami as-Solh (1887–1968) | 22 May 1958 | 24 September 1958 | 125 days | Constitutional Bloc | |
| 12 | Rashid Karami (1921–1987) | 24 September 1958 | 14 May 1960 | 1 year, 233 days | Independent | |
| (1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 14 May 1960 | 20 May 1961 | 1 year, 6 days | ? | |
| (7) | Saeb Salam (1905–2000) | 20 May 1961 | 31 October 1961 | 164 days | Independent | |
| (1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 31 October 1961 | 20 February 1964 | 2 years, 112 days | ? | |
| (4) | Hussein Al Oweini (1910–1971) | 20 February 1964 | 18 November 1964 | 272 days | Independent | |
| (12) | Rashid Karami (1921–1987) | 18 November 1964 | 25 July 1965 | 252 days | Independent | |
| 13 | 25 July 1965 | 8 February 1968 | 2 years, 198 days | ? | ||
| (10) | Abdallah El-Yafi (1901–1986) | 8 February 1968 | 5 July 1968 | 148 days | Independent | |
| (5) | (1889–1971) | 5 July 1968 | 12 October 1968 | 99 days | ? | |
| (1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 12 October 1968 | 20 October 1968 | 8 days | ? | |
| (4) | Hussein Al Oweini (1910–1971) | 20 October 1968 | 15 January 1969, | 87 days | Independent | |
| (1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 15 January 1969 | 13 October 1970 | 1 year, 271 days | ? | |
| 14 | 13 October 1970 | 13 October 1970 | 0 days | ? | ||
| 15 | Elias Saba (born 1929) | 13 October 1970 | 27 May 1972 | 1 year, 227 days | ? | |
| (1) | Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983) | 27 May 1972 | 25 April 1973 | 333 days | ? | |
| 16 | 25 April 1973 | 8 July 1973 | 74 days | ? | ||
| 17 | Nasri Maalouf (1911–2005) | 8 July 1973 | 31 October 1974 | 1 year, 115 days | ? | |
| 18 | (1922–1992) | 31 October 1974 | 23 May 1975 | 204 days | ? | |
| (12) | Rashid Karami (1921–1987) | 23 May 1975 | 15 September 1976 | 1 year, 115 days | Independent | |
| 19 | Camille Chamoun (1900–1987) | 15 September 1976 | 9 December 1976 | 85 days | National Liberal Party | |
| 20 | Victor Khoury (1929–2017) | 9 December 1976 | 16 July 1979 | 2 years, 219 days | ? | |
| (18) | (1922–1992) | 16 July 1979 | 10 July 1982 | 2 years, 359 days | ? | |
| 21 | 10 July 1982 | 30 April 1984 | 1 year, 295 days | ? | ||
| 22 | Adel Osseiran (1905–1998) | 30 April 1984 | 22 September 1988 | 4 years, 145 days | ? | |
| 23 | Michel Aoun (born 1935) | 22 September 1988 | 25 November 1989 | 1 year, 64 days | Free Patriotic Movement | |
| 24 | Michel Murr (born 1932) | 25 November 1989 | 31 October 1992 | 2 years, 341 days | ? | |
| 25 | 31 October 1992 | 4 December 1998 | 6 years, 34 days | ? | ||
| 26 | Ghazi Zaiter (born 1949) | 4 December 1998 | 26 October 2000 | 1 year, 327 days | Amal | |
| 27 | 26 October 2000 | 17 April 2003 | 2 years, 173 days | ? | ||
| 28 | Mahmoud Hammoud (1935–2018) | 17 April 2003 | 26 October 2004 | 1 year, 192 days | ? | |
| 29 | Abdul Rahim Mrad (born 1942) | 26 October 2004 | 19 April 2005 | 175 days | Union Party | |
| 30 | Elias Murr (born 1962) | 19 April 2005 | 13 June 2011 | 6 years, 55 days | Independent | |
| 31 | Fayez Ghosn (born 1950) | 13 June 2011 | 14 February 2014 | 2 years, 246 days | Marada Movement | |
| 32 | Samir Mouqbel (born 1939) | 14 February 2014 | 18 December 2016 | 2 years, 308 days | Independent | |
| 33 | Yacoub Sarraf (born 1961) | 18 December 2016 | 3 February 2019 | 2 years, 47 days | Free Patriotic Movement | |
| 34 | Elias Bou Saab (born 1967) | 3 February 2019 | 21 January 2020 | 352 days | Free Patriotic Movement | |
| 35 | Zeina Akar[4] (born 1964) | 21 January 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 242 days | Independent | |
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References[]
- ^ "Address." [sic] Ministry of National Defense. Retrieved on 3 March 2013. "Ministry of Defense Lebanese Armed Forces Yarzeh, Lebanon" - Arabic Archived 2013-03-02 at the Wayback Machine: "وزارة الدفاع الوطني الجيش اللبناني اليرزة، لبنان" - French Archived 2013-01-17 at the Wayback Machine: "Ministère de la Défense Nationale l’Armée Libanaise Yarzé, Liban"
- ^ Postiglione, Gennaro (2004). One Hundred Houses. Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8228-6312-1.
- ^ "الوزراء المتعاقبون على وزارة الدفاع الوطني" [Successive ministers of the Ministry of National Defense]. pcm.gov.lb (in Arabic). Government of Lebanon. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Profile: Lebanon's new cabinet members, including the Arab world's first-ever female defence chief". alaraby.co.uk. 22 January 2020.
External links[]
- http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb
- List of Ministers (in Arabic)
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