Lebanese government of July 2008
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This is the list of the Lebanese government that was formed by Mr Fouad Siniora
on July 11, 2008
Fouad Siniora
Fuad Siniora is a Lebanese politician, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon, a position he held from 19 July 2005 to May 25, 2008 the date of the election of the new President of Lebanon; he was renominated to the post on 28 May 2008 and held the post as Acting President between those...
on July 11, 2008
| Sect | Minister | Porfolio | Political affiliation |
| Opposition March 8 Alliance The March 8 Alliance is a coalition of various political parties in Lebanon. It has been the ruling coalition since January 25, 2011 when the alliance managed to nominate Najib Mikati as the new prime minister.-History:... |
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| Greek Orthodox | Issam Abu Jamra | Vice Prime Minister/Minister of State Minister of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a "minister of state" is a junior minister, who is assigned to assist a specific cabinet minister... |
Free Patriotic Movement Free Patriotic Movement The Free Patriotic Movement , also known as the "Aounist Movement" , is a Lebanese political party, led by Michel Aoun and allied with Hezbollah, The movement was officially declared a political party on September 18, 2005Though most of the party's support comes from Lebanon's... |
| Maronite | Gebran Bassil Gebran Bassil Gebran Bassil is a Lebanese politician,he is also a member of the March 8 Alliance-backed Free Patriotic Movement. Owing to his immense qualifications he served as the Minister of Telecommunications in the Lebanese cabinet from May 2008 to June 2009, and then served as Minister of Energy in the... |
Telecommunications | Free Patriotic Movement Free Patriotic Movement The Free Patriotic Movement , also known as the "Aounist Movement" , is a Lebanese political party, led by Michel Aoun and allied with Hezbollah, The movement was officially declared a political party on September 18, 2005Though most of the party's support comes from Lebanon's... |
| Maronite | Mario Aoun | Social Affairs Ministry of Social Affairs (Lebanon) The Ministry of Social Affairs in Lebanon was created in 1993 by Law Number 212 and modified by Law Number 327 and Decree Number 5734.The current Minister of Social Affairs is Wael Abou Faour from the Progressive Socialist Party.... |
Free Patriotic Movement Free Patriotic Movement The Free Patriotic Movement , also known as the "Aounist Movement" , is a Lebanese political party, led by Michel Aoun and allied with Hezbollah, The movement was officially declared a political party on September 18, 2005Though most of the party's support comes from Lebanon's... |
| Greek Catholic | Elias Skaff Elias Skaff Elias Skaff is a Lebanese politician, leader of the "Popular Bloc".-Background:... |
Agriculture | Skaff Bloc Skaff Bloc The Skaff Bloc or Popular Bloc, led by Elias Skaff, is a 5 members bloc in the Lebanese Parliament that aligns with the Free Patriotic Movement. It is part of the current Lebanese opposition Change and Reform bloc, headed by Michel Aoun.... |
| Armenian | Alain Tabourian Alain Tabourian Alain Tabourian is a Lebanese politician of Armenian origin .- Biography :He has served as the minister of energy and previously was the minister of telecommunications. He is the son of the late MP André Tabourian. He is an engineer, and has an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. He is the... |
Power | ARF Armenian Revolutionary Federation The Armenian Revolutionary Federation is an Armenian political party founded in Tiflis in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian... |
| Shia | Fawzi Salloukh Fawzi Salloukh Fawzi Salloukh is a Lebanese politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 19 2005 to 2009.Salloukh was born in 1931 in Qammatieh, Lebanon. Salloukh graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1954 with a Diploma in Political Science.Salloukh is said by some to be closely... |
Foreign Affairs | closely affiliated with Hezbollah |
| Shia | Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh | Health | Amal Movement Amal Movement Amal Movement is short for the Lebanese Resistance Detachments the acronym for which, in Arabic, is "amal", meaning "hope."Amal was founded in 1975 as the militia wing of the Movement of the Disinherited, a Shi'a political movement founded by Musa... |
| Shia | Ghazi Zeaiter | Industry | Amal Movement Amal Movement Amal Movement is short for the Lebanese Resistance Detachments the acronym for which, in Arabic, is "amal", meaning "hope."Amal was founded in 1975 as the militia wing of the Movement of the Disinherited, a Shi'a political movement founded by Musa... |
| Shia | Mohammad Fneish | Labor | Hezbollah |
| Shia | Ali Qanso Ali Qanso Ali Khalil Qanso , or Kanso, was born in 1948 in Doueir, Lebanon. He is a pro-Syrian Shiite Muslim. He received a degree in Arabic literature from the Lebanese University in 1969.... |
State | SSNP |
| Druze Druze The Druze are an esoteric, monotheistic religious community, found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, which emerged during the 11th century from Ismailism. The Druze have an eclectic set of beliefs that incorporate several elements from Abrahamic religions, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism... |
Talal Arslan Talal Arslan -Political career:Arslan was elected to the Lebanese Parliament as a deputy of the Aley District in 1991, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2009. From 1990 to 1992 he was the Lebanese Minister of Tourism, from 1996 to 1998 he was Minister of Emigrants and served as Minister of State twice from 2000 to 2003 and... |
Youth and Sports | LDP Lebanese Democratic Party The Lebanese Democratic Party is a political party in Lebanon established by Prince Talal Arslan in 2001... |
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| Maronite | Ziad Baroud Ziad Baroud Ziad Baroud is a Lebanese lawyer and prominent civil society activist. On May 26, 2011 he resigned from office as Minister of Interior and Municipalities in Saad Hariri's government. His resignation came after the developing conflict between Internal Security Forces and the Ministry of... |
Interior | President close to Democratic Renewal Democratic Renewal (Lebanon) The Democratic Renewal Movement is a reformist, secular political party in Lebanon.At the last legislative elections, in May and June 2005, the party was allied to the anti-Syrian March 14 Alliance, led by Future Movement of late Prime minister Rafic Hariri, that won these elections. was founded... |
| Greek Orthodox | Elias Murr Elias Murr Elias Murr is the former Lebanese Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. He held the positions of Deputy Prime minister and Interior Minister in previous Cabinets.... |
Defense | President close to Murr Bloc Michel Murr Michel Murr is a Lebanese politician and businessman. He first occupied the post of Minister of the Interior, as well as being Deputy Prime Minister in Rafik Hariri's first cabinet in 1992 and remained in the post in all subsequent cabinets formed by Hariri, except the last one, in which his son,... |
| Greek Catholic | Joe Takla | State | President |
| March 14 Alliance March 14 Alliance The March 14 alliance , named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon that call for sovereignty over all Lebanese territories, led by MP Saad Hariri, younger son of Rafik Hariri, the assassinated former prime minister of Lebanon, as... |
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| Sunni | Fouad Siniora Fouad Siniora Fuad Siniora is a Lebanese politician, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon, a position he held from 19 July 2005 to May 25, 2008 the date of the election of the new President of Lebanon; he was renominated to the post on 28 May 2008 and held the post as Acting President between those... |
Prime Minister /State | Future Movement |
| Sunni | Mohammad Shateh | Finance | Future Movement |
| Sunni | Bahia Hariri Bahia Hariri Bahia Hariri is a Lebanese politician and sister of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.- Early life and education :She was born in Sidon, located in the Southern governorate in Lebanon.... |
Education | Future Movement |
| Armenian | Jean Ogasapian | State | Future Movement |
| Sunni | Khaled Kabbani | State | Future Movement |
| Sunni | Mohammad Safadi | Economy and Trade | Tripoli Bloc Tripoli Bloc The Tripoli Bloc is one of the political blocs present in the Lebanese Parliament. Nearly all members are deputies from Tripoli . At the last legislative elections, June 2005, the bloc was part of the March 14 Alliance and the Rafik Hariri Martyr List that won the elections.The members:* Mohamad... |
| Greek Orthodox | Tarek Mitri | Information | Independent close to FM |
| Sunni | Tammam Salam | Culture | Independent close to FM |
| Shia | Ibrahim Chamssedine | State for Administrative Development Affairs | Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
| Catholic Catholic The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"... |
Raymond Audi | Displaced | Independent close to the ex-Qornet Shehwan Gathering Qornet Shehwan Gathering The Qornet Shehwan Gathering is a Lebanese political organization, comprising politicians, intellectuals, and businessmen, mostly Christian and ranging in ideology from the centre-right to the center-left. The organization is not a political party in the classical sense: its members belong to,... |
| Druze Druze The Druze are an esoteric, monotheistic religious community, found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, which emerged during the 11th century from Ismailism. The Druze have an eclectic set of beliefs that incorporate several elements from Abrahamic religions, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism... |
Ghazi Aridi | Public Works | PSP Progressive Socialist Party The Progressive Socialist Party or PSP , also known as Parti Socialiste Progressiste in French, is a political party in Lebanon. Its current leader is Walid Jumblatt... |
| Druze Druze The Druze are an esoteric, monotheistic religious community, found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, which emerged during the 11th century from Ismailism. The Druze have an eclectic set of beliefs that incorporate several elements from Abrahamic religions, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism... |
Wael Abou Faour Wael Abou Faour Wael Abou Faour is a Lebanese politician, representing the Druze Progressive Socialist Party in West Bekaa riding.-External links:* *... |
State | PSP Progressive Socialist Party The Progressive Socialist Party or PSP , also known as Parti Socialiste Progressiste in French, is a political party in Lebanon. Its current leader is Walid Jumblatt... |
| Maronite | Nassib Lahoud Nassib Lahoud Nassib Lahoud is a Lebanese-Christian political figure born on 23 November 1944 in Baabdat - Matn, Lebanon. He has held various political posts including Ambassador to the USA, Member of Parliament and Minister of State... |
State | Democratic Renewal Democratic Renewal (Lebanon) The Democratic Renewal Movement is a reformist, secular political party in Lebanon.At the last legislative elections, in May and June 2005, the party was allied to the anti-Syrian March 14 Alliance, led by Future Movement of late Prime minister Rafic Hariri, that won these elections. was founded... |
| Maronite | Antoine Karam | Environment | Lebanese Forces Lebanese Forces The Lebanese Forces is a Lebanese political party. Founded as a militia by Bachir Gemayel during the Lebanese Civil War, the movement fought as the main militia within the Christian-dominated Lebanese Front... |
| Greek Orthodox | Ibrahim Najjar | Justice | Lebanese Forces Lebanese Forces The Lebanese Forces is a Lebanese political party. Founded as a militia by Bachir Gemayel during the Lebanese Civil War, the movement fought as the main militia within the Christian-dominated Lebanese Front... |
| Maronite | Elie Marouni | Tourism | Kataeb |
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