Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants (Lebanon)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants is the Lebanese government ministry in charge of the country's foreign affairs and maintaining relations with its large emigrant communities.

List of Foreign Affairs ministers Portrait Name Term of officeCabinet Prime Minister President Took office Left office Time in office1Salim Takla25 September 194311 January 1945†Riad Solh IRiad Al SolhBechara El KhouryRiad Solh IIAbdul Hamid KaramiAbdul Hamid Karami2Henri Philippe Pharaon13 January 194522 August 19453Hamid Frangieh22 August 194522 May 1946Sami Solh IISami Solh4Philippe Takla22 May 194614 December 1946Saadi MunlaSaadi Al Munla(2)Henri Philippe Pharaon14 December 19467 June 1947Riad Solh IIIRiad Al Solh(3)Hamid Frangieh7 June 19471 October 1949Riad Solh IVRiad Solh V(4)Philippe Takla1 October 194914 February 1951Riad Solh VI5Hussein Al Oweini14 February 19517 June 1951Hussein Oweini IHussein Al Oweini6Charles Helou7 June 195111 February 1952Abdallah Yafi IIIAbdallah El-Yafi(4)Philippe Takla11 February 19529 September 1952Sami Solh IIISami Solh7Nazem Akkari9 September 195214 September 1952Nazem AkkariNazem Akkari8Saeb Salam14 September 195218 September 1952Saeb Salam ISaeb Salam(7)Nazem Akkari18 September 195230 September 1952Fouad ChehabFouad Chehab Acting9Musa Mubarak30 September 19526 February 1953Khaled Chehab IIKhaled ChehabCamille Chamoun10Khaled Chehab6 February 195330 April 195311Georges Hakim30 April 195316 August 1953Saeb Salam IISaeb Salam12Alfred Naqqache16 August 19539 July 1955Abdallah Yafi IVAbdallah El-YafiAbdallah Yafi VSami Solh IVSami Solh(3)Hamid Frangieh9 July 19557 September 1955Sami Solh V13Salim Lahoud7 September 195518 November 1956Rashid Karami IRashid KaramiAbdallah Yafi VIAbdallah El-YafiAbdallah Yafi VII14Charles Malik18 November 195624 September 1958Sami Solh VISami SolhSami Solh VIISami Solh VIII(4)Philippe Takla24 September 195814 October 1958Rashid Karami IIRashid KaramiFouad Chehab(5)Hussein Al Oweini14 October 195814 May 1960Rashid Karami III(4)Philippe Takla14 May 19601 April 1964Ahmad Daouk IIAhmad DaoukSaeb Salam IIISaeb SalamSaeb Salam IVRashid Karami IVRashid KaramiHussein Oweini IIHussein Al Oweini15Fouad Ammoun1 April 196418 November 1964Hussein Oweini IIICharles Helou(4)Philippe Takla18 November 19642 June 1965Hussein Oweini IV(5)Hussein Al Oweini2 June 196525 July 1965(11)Georges Hakim25 July 19659 April 1966Rashid Karami VRashid Karami(4)Philippe Takla9 April 19666 December 1966Abdallah Yafi VIIIAbdallah El-Yafi(11)Georges Hakim6 December 19668 February 1968Rashid Karami VIRashid Karami16Fouad Boutros8 February 196812 October 1968Abdallah Yafi IXAbdallah El-Yafi17Ali Arab12 October 196820 October 1968Abdallah Yafi X(5)Hussein Al Oweini20 October 196815 January 1969Abdallah Yafi XI18Rashid Karami15 January 196922 January 1969Rashid Karami VIIRashid Karami19Yusuf Salim22 January 196925 November 196920Naseem Majdalani25 November 196913 October 1970Rashid Karami VIII21Khalil Abou Hamad13 October 197025 April 1973Saeb Salam VSaeb SalamSuleiman FrangiehSaeb Salam VI22Khatchig Babikian25 April 19738 July 1973Amin HafezAmin Hafez23Fouad Naffah8 July 197331 October 1974Takieddine SolhTakieddin el-Solh(4)Philippe Takla31 October 197423 May 1975Rachid Solh IRachid Solh24Lucien Dahdah23 May 19751 July 1975Nureddine RifaiNureddine Rifai(4)Philippe Takla1 July 197516 June 1976Rashid Karami IXRashid Karami25Camille Chamoun16 June 19769 December 1976(16)Fouad Boutros9 December 19767 October 1982Selim Hoss ISalim Al-HussÉlias SarkisSelim Hoss IIShafik Wazzan IShafik Wazzan26Elie Salem7 October 198230 April 1984Shafik Wazzan IIAmine Gemayel(18)Rashid Karami30 April 19841 June 1987†Rashid Karami XRashid Karami27Salim Al-Huss Acting until 24 November 1989 Disputed since 22 September 19882 June 198724 December 1990Salim Al-Huss ActingSelim Hoss IIISalim Al-Huss ActingSalim Al-HussElias Hrawi -Mohammad Nabil Quraitem Disputed22 September 198822 September 1988Did not assumeMichel AounMichel Aoun Acting -Michel Aoun Disputed22 September 198813 October 199028Farès Boueiz24 December 199016 September 1992Omar Karami IOmar KaramiElias HrawiRachid Solh IIRachid Solh29Nasri Maalouf16 September 199231 October 1992(28)Farès Boueiz31 October 19924 December 1998Rafic Hariri IRafic HaririRafic Hariri IIRafic Hariri III(27)Salim Al-Huss4 December 199826 October 2000Selim Hoss IVSalim Al-HussÉmile Lahoud30Mahmoud Hammoud26 October 200017 April 2003Rafic Hariri IVRafic Hariri31Jean Obeid17 April 200326 October 2004Rafic Hariri V(30)Mahmoud Hammoud26 October 200419 July 2005Omar Karami IIOmar KaramiNajib Mikati INajib Mikati32Fawzi Salloukh19 July 200524 November 2007Fouad Siniora IFouad Siniora -Tarek Mitri Acting24 November 200711 July 2008Fouad Siniora Acting(32)Fawzi Salloukh11 July 200813 September 2008Fouad Siniora IIFouad SinioraMichel Suleiman -Nassib Lahoud Acting13 September 20089 November 200933Ali Al Shami9 November 200929 January 2010Saad Hariri ISaad Hariri -Tarek Mitri Acting29 January 201013 June 201134Adnan Mansour13 June 201115 February 2014Najib Mikati IINajib Mikati35Gebran Bassil15 February 201425 May 2014Tammam SalamTammam Salam -Akram Chehayeb Acting25 May 201418 December 2016Vacant(35)Gebran Bassil18 December 201621 January 2020Saad Hariri IISaad HaririMichel AounSaad Hariri III36Nassif Hitti21 January 20203 August 2020Hassan DiabHassan Diab37Charbel Wehbe3 August 202019 May 2021 -Zeina AkarActing19 May 202110 September 202138Abdallah Bou Habib10 September 20218 February 2025Najib Mikati IIINajib MikatiNajib Mikati CaretakerVacant39Youssef Rajji8 February 2025IncumbentNawaf SalamNawaf SalamJoseph Aoun

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External links Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Official website General Directorate of Emigrants Official website List of ministers at Rulers.org