The Republic of Lebanon Ministry of Education & Higher Education () is a government agency of Lebanon headquartered in Beirut.
List of Education ministers The following individuals have served as Minister of Education:
MinisterTerm of officeHabib Abou Shahla25 Sep 194309 Jan 1945Wadih Naiim09 Jan 194522 Aug 1945Hamid Frangieh22 Aug 194511 Apr 1946Philippe Takla11 Apr 194614 Dec 1946Elias Khoury14 Dec 194607 Jun 1947Hamid Frangieh07 Jun 194701 Oct 1949Riad Al Solh01 Oct 194906 Oct 1949Raeef Abi Al Lamaa06 Oct 194914 Feb 1951Edward Noun14 Feb 195107 Jun 1951Emile Lahoud07 Jun 195111 Feb 1952Antoine Stephan11 Feb 195209 Sep 1952Basil Trad09 Sep 195218 Sep 1952Nazem Akkari18 Sep 195230 Sep 1952Salim Haidar30 Sep 195230 Apr 1953Pierre Edde30 Apr 195316 Aug 1953Nicholas Salem16 Aug 195316 Sep 1954Maurice Zouein16 Sep 195409 Jul 1955Salim Lahoud09 Jul 195519 Sep 1955Georges Hakim19 Sep 195508 Jun 1956Fouad Ghosn08 Jun 195618 Nov 1956Charles Malek18 Nov 195618 Aug 1957Farid Qozma18 Aug 195714 Mar 1958Clovis El Khazen14 May 195824 Sep 1958Mohamad Safieddine24 Sep 195814 Oct 1958Pierre Gemayel14 Oct 195807 Oct 1959Fouad Boutros07 Oct 195914 May 1960Gebran Nahas14 May 196001 Aug 1960Kamal Jumblatt01 Aug 196020 May 1961Mohamad Safieddine20 May 196131 Oct 1961Kamel Al Assad31 Oct 196120 Feb 1964Charles Helou20 Feb 196418 Aug 1964Gebran Nahas18 Aug 196425 Sep 1964Edmond Gaspard25 Sep 196418 Nov 1964Ghaleb Shahine18 Nov 196425 Jul 1965Sleiman El Zein25 Jul 196509 Apr 1966Fouad Boutros09 Apr 196606 Dec 1966Sleiman El Zein06 Dec 196608 Feb 1968Jean Aziz08 Feb 196812 Oct 1968Abdallah Yafi12 Oct 196815 Jan 1969Joseph Bou Khater15 Jan 196913 Oct 1970Ghassan Tueini13 Oct 197020 Jan 1971Najib Abou Haidar20 Jan 197127 May 1972Edward Honein27 May 197209 Aug 1972Henry Eddeh09 Aug 197202 Oct 1972Albert Moukhayber02 Oct 197225 Apr 1973Edmond Rizk25 Apr 197331 Oct 1974Majed Hamada31 Oct 197423 May 1975Moses Canaan23 May 197501 Jul 1975Philip Said01 Jul 197516 Jun 1976Camille Chamoun16 Jun 197615 Sep 1976Adel Osseiran15 Sep 197609 Dec 1976Assad Rizk09 Dec 197616 Jul 1979Peter War16 Jul 197925 Oct 1980Rebler Moawad25 Oct 198010 Jul 1982Issam Khoury10 Jul 198230 Apr 1984Salim Al Hos30 Apr 198422 Sep 1988Michel Aoun22 Sep 198825 Nov 1989Omar Karami25 Nov 198924 Dec 1990Peter War24 Dec 199016 May 1992Zaki Mzabudi16 May 199231 Oct 1992Michael Al-Dahir31 Oct 199225 May 1995Robert Ghanem25 May 199511 Jul 1996Jan Obaid11 Jul 199604 Dec 1998Muhammad Baydoun04 Dec 199826 Oct 2000Abdul Rahim Murad26 Oct 200017 Apr 2003Samir Jisr17 Apr 200326 Oct 2004Ahmad Minkara 26 Oct 200419 Apr 2005Ghassan Salamé19 Apr 200528 Apr 2005Assad Rizk28 Apr 200519 Jul 2005Khaled Kabbani19 Jul 200511 Jul 2008Bahia Hariri11 Jul 200809 Nov 2009Hassan Mneimneh09 Nov 200913 Jun 2011Hassan Diab13 Jun 201119 Feb 2014Elias Bou Saab19 Feb 201418 Feb 2016Marwan Hamadeh18 Feb 201604 Feb 2019Akram Chehayeb04 Feb 201921 Jan 2020Tarek Majzoub21 Jan 202010 Sep 2021Abbas Halabi10 Sep 202108 Feb 2025Rima Karami08 Feb 2025Incumbent
See also Lebanese University List of universities in Lebanon
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External links Ministry of Education & Higher Education website General Directorate of Higher Education website Center for Educational Research and Development