Tenth Cabinet of Rashid Karami
The Tenth Cabinet of Rashid Karami was the fifty-sixth cabinet of Lebanon, the second under President Amine Gemayel and the tenth headed by Prime Minister Rashid Karami. It was a national unity coalition and formed on 13 April 1984.[1][2] President Gemayel asked Karami to form the cabinet although Karami had not been active in politics for four years.[1] The mission of the government was to terminate the civil war in the country which had begun in 1975.[1]
On 4 May 1987 Rashid Karami resigned from the office due to harsh criticism of Samir Geagea who was the head of the Lebanese Forces.[1] His resignation was neither accepted nor rejected by President Gemayel, and Karami assumed the role of caretaker prime minister until his assassination in June 1987.[1] Following this incident Selim Hoss became the acting prime minister and served in the post until September 1988.[3]
Composition[]
The cabinet members were as follows:[4]
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Portfolio | Minister | Political affiliation | Religious affiliation | Governorate |
Prime Minister | Rashid Karami | Sunni | Beirut | |
Defence | Adel Osseiran | Shia | ||
Information | Joseph Skaff | Melkite Greek Catholic | ||
Deputy Prime Minister | Victor Kassir | Greek Orthodox | ||
Telecommunications | Pierre Gemayel | Maronite | ||
Housing | Camille Chamoun | Maronite | ||
Economy | Victor Kassir | |||
Finance | Camille Chamoun | Maronite | ||
Social Affairs | Pierre Gemayel | Maronite | ||
Health | Pierre Gemayel | Maronite | ||
Victor Kassir | ||||
Foreign Affairs | Rashid Karami | Sunni | Beirut | |
Education | Selim Hoss | Sunni | ||
Interior | Abdullah Al Rasi | |||
Energy and Water | Nabih Berri | Shia | South | |
Adel Osseiran | Shia | |||
Justice | Nabih Berri | Shia | South | |
Public Works | Walid Jumblatt | Druze | ||
Selim Hoss | Sunni | |||
Tourism | Walid Jumblatt | Druze |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Rashid Karami - an artist of coalition politics". United Press International. 1 June 1987. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Lebanese Premier Karami Quits Over Economic Crisis". Los Angeles Times. Beirut. Associated Press. 4 May 1987. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ Mohammed Salam (3 September 1988). "Lebanon's President Rejects Withdrawal of Cabinet". Associated Press. Beirut. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ J. Paxton (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1987-88. London; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 788. ISBN 978-0-230-27116-6.
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