A Lebanese cabinet led by Hassan Diab was formed in Lebanon on 21 January 2020, after an agreement was reached by the heads of the involved political parties after nearly three months. Diab was appointed prime minister by president Michel Aoun after Saad Hariri resigned amid the 2019–20 Lebanese protests, that started in October 2019.
The protest movement had demanded an independent and technocratic government, and the incoming Diab cabinet was criticized for appointing ministers who, although they had technical expertise, also had clear political allegiances.
The cabinet, which was composed of twenty ministers, appointed six female members to improve the gender ratio and cited the ratio of male to female members as "more than any previous Lebanese government".
On 10 August 2020, the entire cabinet resigned following public anger over the Beirut port explosion on 4 August that killed more than 200 people. In December of that year, Lebanese judge Fadi Sawan charged Diab alongside three ministers from previous cabinets — Ali Hassan Khalil, Ghazi Zaiter and Youssef Fenianos — with negligence over the explosion. The cabinet continued to govern in a caretaker capacity for 13 months until 10 September 2021, when the third Mikati cabinet was sworn in.
Composition Lebanese Government of September 2021Portfolio (ministry)MinisterPolitical affiliationReligious affiliationPrime Minister Shares (5/20)Prime Minister Hassan Diab Independent SunniMinister of Interior and Municipalities Mohammad Fahmi Independent SunniMinister of Telecommunications Talal Hawat Independent SunniMinister of Education and Higher Learning Tarek Majzoub Independent SunniMinister of Environment Damianos Kattar Independent MaronitePresident Michel Aoun and Strong Lebanon Bloc Shares (9/20)Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Zeina Akar Free Patriotic Movement Greek OrthodoxMinister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Charbel Wehbe Free Patriotic Movement MaroniteMinister of Justice Marie-Claude Najm Free Patriotic Movement MaroniteMinister of Energy and Water Raymond Ghajar Free Patriotic Movement Greek OrthodoxMinister of Economy and Trade Raoul Nehme Free Patriotic Movement Greek CatholicMinister of Displaced Ghada Chreim Free Patriotic Movement Greek CatholicMinister of Tourism and Minister of Social Affairs Ramzi Mcharrafieh Lebanese Democratic Party DruzeMinister of Information Manal Abdel Samad Lebanese Democratic Party DruzeMinister of Youth and Sports Vartine Ohanian Tashnag Party Armenian OrthodoxAmal Movement (2/20)Minister of Finance Ghazi Wazni Amal Movement ShiaMinister of Culture and Minister of Agriculture Abbas Mortada Amal Movement ShiaLoyalty to Resistance Bloc (Hezbollah) (2/20)Minister of Industry Imad Hoballah Hezbollah ShiaMinister of Public Health Hamad Hasan Hezbollah ShiaNational Coalition (2/20)Minister of Labour Lamia Yammine Marada Movement MaroniteMinister of Public Works and Transport Michel Najjar Marada Movement Greek Orthodox
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