The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities () in Lebanon is responsible for governorate, caza, municipalities, federation of municipalities and village matters, in addition to political parties and organizations.
The ministry was created in the first post-independence government in 1943. In 2000, it was named the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities. Since 8 February 2025, the ministry has been led by Ahmad al-Hajjar.
List of Interior and Municipalities ministers MinisterTerm of officeCamille Chamoun25 Sep 1943 03 Jul 1944Riad Al Solh03 Jul 194409 Jan 1945Wadih Naeem09 Jan 194522 Aug 1945Youssef Salam22 Aug 194522 May 1946Saeb Salam22 May 194614 Dec 1946Sabry Hamada14 Dec 194607 Jun 1947Camille Chamoun07 Jun 194726 Jul 1948Gabriel Murr26 Jul 194801 Oct 1949Elias El Khoury01 Oct 194914 Feb 1951Hussein Al Oweini 14 Feb 195107 Jun 1951Abdallah Yafi07 Jun 195111 Feb 1952Sami as-Solh11 Feb 195209 Sep 1952Nazem Akkari09 Sep 195214 Sep 1952Saeb Salam14 Sep 195218 Sep 1952Fuad Chehab18 Sep 195230 Sep 1952Khaled Shehab30 Sep 195230 Apr 1953Saeb Salam30 Apr 195316 Aug 1953Abdallah Yafi16 Aug 195303 Jan 1954George Hrawi03 Jan 195416 Sep 1954Gabriel Murr16 Sep 195409 Jul 1955Mohieddin Al Nasuli09 Jul 195519 Sep 1955Rashid Karami19 Sep 195519 Mar 1956Abdallah Yafi19 Mar 195618 Nov 1956Sami as-Solh18 Nov 195624 Sep 1958Rashid Karami24 Sep 195814 Oct 1958Raymond Edde14 Oct 195814 May 1960Edmond Kaspar14 May 196001 Aug 1960Saeb Salam01 Aug 196020 May 1961Abdullah Al Mashnouk20 May 196131 Oct 1961Kamal Jumblatt31 Oct 196120 Feb 1964Hussein Al Oweini20 Feb 196418 Nov 1964Takieddin el-Solh18 Nov 196425 Jul 1965Muhammad Kneiu25 Jul 196509 Apr 1966Pierre Gemayel09 Apr 196606 Dec 1966Badri Al Maoushi06 Dec 196608 Feb 1968Suleiman Frangieh08 Feb 196812 Oct 1968Abdallah Yafi12 Oct 196820 Oct 1968Pierre Gemayel20 Oct 196815 Jan 1969Adel Osseiran15 Jan 196925 Nov 1969Kamal Jumblatt25 Nov 196913 Oct 1970Saeb Salam13 Oct 197025 Apr 1973Bashir Al Awar25 Apr 197308 Jul 1973Bahij Taq-al-Din08 Jul 197331 Oct 1974Rashid al-Solh31 Oct 197423 May 1975Said Nasrallah23 May 197501 Jul 1975Camille Chamoun01 Jul 197509 Feb 1976Salah Salman09 Feb 197616 Jul 1979Bahij Taq-al-Din16 Jul 197925 Oct 1980Shafiq Wazzan25 Oct 198030 Apr 1984Abdullah Rassi30 Apr 198425 Nov 1989Elias El Khazen25 Nov 198924 Dec 1990Sami Al Khatib24 Dec 199031 Oct 1992Bishara Merhej31 Oct 199209 Feb 1994Michel Murr09 Feb 199426 Oct 2000Elias Murr25 Oct 200026 Oct 2004Suleiman Frangieh26 Oct 200419 Apr 2005Hassan Sabeh19 Apr 200511 Jul 2008Ziad Baroud11 Jul 200813 Jun 2011Marwan Charbel13 Jun 201115 Feb 2014Nohad Machnouk15 Feb 201431 Jan 2019Raya Haffar Al Hassan31 Jan 201921 Jan 2020Mohamed Fahmy21 Jan 202010 Sep 2021Bassam Mawlawi10 Sep 202108 Feb 2025Ahmad al-Hajjar08 Feb 2025Incumbent
See also List of town without municipalities in Lebanon
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External links Ministry of Interior and Municipalities