List of prime ministers of Lebanon

This is a list of prime ministers of Lebanon (officially titled President of the Council of Ministers) since the creation of the office in 1926.

• Top left: Riad Solh was the first prime minister of the Republic of Lebanon.
• Top right: Rashid Karami was the longest-serving prime minister of Lebanon serving for 8 terms.
• Bottom left: Rafic Hariri is one of the most celebrated prime minister of Lebanon and was the second longest-serving prime minister.
• Bottom right: Najib Mikati is the current prime minister of Lebanon in his third term.

National Pact

Though it is not specifically stated in the constitution, an unwritten understanding known as the National Pact, agreed in 1943, has resulted in the holder of the post being a Sunni Muslim in every electoral cycle since that time. Nevertheless, several prime ministers in the past have been Christian.

List of officeholders

State of Greater Lebanon, part of the French Mandate (1926–1943)

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Party		Cabinet	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Auguste Adib Pacha أوغست أديب باشا (1859–1936)	31 May 1926	5 May 1927	339 days		Independent	Adib I	[1]
2		Bechara Khoury بشارة الخوري (1890–1964)	5 May 1927	10 August 1928	1 year, 97 days		Constitutional Party	Khoury I–II	[1]
3		Habib Pacha Es-Saad حبيب باشا السعد (1867–1942)	10 August 1928	9 May 1929	272 days		Independent	Saad	[1]
4		Bechara Khoury بشارة الخوري (1890–1964)	9 May 1929	11 October 1929	155 days		Constitutional Party	Khoury III	[1]
5		Émile Eddé إميل أده (1886–1949)	11 October 1929	25 March 1930	165 days		National Bloc	Eddé	[1]
6		Auguste Adib Pacha أوغست أديب باشا (1859–1936)	25 March 1930	9 March 1932	1 year, 350 days		Independent	Adib II	[1]
7		Charles Debbas شارل دباس (1884–1935)	9 March 1932	29 January 1934	1 year, 326 days		Independent		[1]
8		Abdallah Beyhum عبد الله بيهم (1879–1962)	29 January 1934	30 January 1936	2 years, 1 day		Independent		[1]
9		Ayoub Tabet أيوب ثابت (1884–1951)	30 January 1936	5 January 1937	341 days		Independent		[1]
10		Khayreddine al-Ahdab خير الدين الأحدب (1894–1941)	5 January 1937	18 March 1938	1 year, 72 days		National Bloc	Ahdab I–II–III–IV–V	[1]
11		Khaled Chehab خالد شهاب (1886–1978)	18 March 1938	24 October 1938	220 days		Independent	Chehab I	[1]
12		Abdallah Yafi عبد الله اليافي (1901–1986)	24 October 1938	21 September 1939	332 days		Independent	Yafi I–II	[1]
13		Abdallah Beyhum عبد الله بيهم (1879–1962)	21 September 1939	4 April 1941	1 year, 195 days		Independent		[1]
14		Alfred Georges Naccache ألفرد جورج النقاش (1887–1978)	7 April 1941	26 November 1941	233 days		Kataeb Party		[1]
15		Ahmad Daouk أحمد الداعوق (1892–1979)	1 December 1941	26 July 1942	237 days		Independent	Daouk I	[1]
16		Sami Solh سامي الصلح (1887–1968)	26 July 1942	22 March 1943	239 days		Constitutional Party	Sami Solh I	[1]
17		Ayoub Tabet أيوب ثابت (1884–1951)	22 March 1943	21 July 1943	121 days		Independent	Tabet	[1]
18		Petro Trad بيترو طراد (1876–1947)	1 August 1943	25 September 1943	55 days		Independent		[1]

Lebanese Republic (1943–present)

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Party		Cabinet	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Riad Solh رياض الصلح (1894–1951)	25 September 1943	10 January 1945	1 year, 107 days		Constitutional Party	Riad Solh I–II	[2]
2		Abdul Hamid Karami عبد الحميد كرامي (1890–1950)	10 January 1945	20 August 1945	222 days		Independent	Karami	[2]
3		Sami Solh سامي الصلح (1887–1968)	23 August 1945	22 May 1946	272 days		Constitutional Party	Sami Solh II	[2]
4		Saadi Munla سعدي المنلا (1890–1975)	22 May 1946	14 December 1946	206 days		Independent	Munla	[2]
5		Riad Solh رياض الصلح (1894–1951)	14 December 1946	14 February 1951	4 years, 62 days		Independence Movement	Riad Solh III–IV–V–VI	[2]
6		Hussein Oweini حسين العويني (1900–1971)	14 February 1951	7 April 1951	52 days		Independent	Oweini I	[2]
7		Abdallah Yafi عبد الله اليافي (1901–1986)	7 April 1951	11 February 1952	310 days		Independent	Yafi III	[2]
8		Sami Solh سامي الصلح (1887–1968)	11 February 1952	9 September 1952	211 days		Constitutional Party	Sami Solh III	[2]
9		Nazem Akkari ناظم عكاري (1902–1985)	10 September 1952	14 September 1952	4 days		Independent	Akkari	[2]
10		Saeb Salam صائب سلام (1905–2000)	14 September 1952	18 September 1952	4 days		Independent	Salam I	[2]
—		Fuad Chehab فؤاد شهاب (1902–1973) acting	18 September 1952	1 October 1952	13 days		Independent	Fouad Chehab	[2]
11		Khaled Chehab خالد شهاب (1886–1978)	1 October 1952	1 May 1953	212 days		Independent	Khaled Chehab II	[2]
12		Saeb Salam صائب سلام (1905–2000)	1 May 1953	16 August 1953	107 days		Independent	Salam II	[2]
13		Abdallah Yafi عبد الله اليافي (1901–1986)	16 August 1953	16 September 1954	1 year, 31 days		Independent	Yafi IV–Yafi V	[2]
14		Sami Solh سامي الصلح (1887–1968)	16 September 1954	19 September 1955	1 year, 3 days		Constitutional Party	Sami Solh IV–V	[2]
15		Rashid Karami رشيد كرامي (1921–1987)	19 September 1955	20 March 1956	183 days		Independent	Karami I	[2]
16		Abdallah Yafi عبد الله اليافي (1901–1986)	20 March 1956	18 November 1956	243 days		Independent	Yafi VI–VII	[2]
17		Sami Solh سامي الصلح (1887–1968)	18 November 1956	20 September 1958	1 year, 306 days		Constitutional Party	Sami Solh VI–VII–VIII	[2]
—		Khalil Hibri خليل الهبري (1904[citation needed]–1979[citation needed]) acting	20 September 1958	24 September 1958	4 days		Independent	Sami Solh VIII	[2]
18		Rashid Karami رشيد كرامي (1921–1987)	24 September 1958	14 May 1960	1 year, 233 days		Independent	Karami II–III	[2]
19		Ahmad Daouk أحمد الداعوق (1892–1979)	14 May 1960	1 August 1960	79 days		Independent	Daouk II	[2]
20		Saeb Salam صائب سلام (1905–2000)	2 August 1960	31 October 1961	1 year, 90 days		Independent	Salam III–IV	[2]
21		Rashid Karami رشيد كرامي (1921–1987)	31 October 1961	20 February 1964	2 years, 112 days		Independent	Karami IV	[2]
22		Hussein Oweini حسين العويني (1900–1971)	20 February 1964	25 July 1965	1 year, 155 days		Independent	Oweini II–III–IV	[2]
23		Rashid Karami رشيد كرامي (1921–1987)	25 July 1965	9 April 1966	258 days		Independent	Karami V	[2]
24		Abdallah Yafi عبد الله اليافي (1901–1986)	9 April 1966	2 December 1966	237 days		Independent	Yafi VIII	[2]
25		Rashid Karami رشيد كرامي (1921–1987)	7 December 1966	8 February 1968	1 year, 63 days		Independent	Karami VI	[2]
26		Abdallah Yafi عبد الله اليافي (1901–1986)	8 February 1968	15 January 1969	342 days		Independent	Yafi IX–X–XI	[2]
27		Rashid Karami رشيد كرامي (1921–1987)	15 January 1969	13 October 1970	1 year, 271 days		Independent	Karami VII–VIII	[2]
28		Saeb Salam صائب سلام (1905–2000)	13 October 1970	25 April 1973	2 years, 194 days		Independent	Salam V–VI	[2]
29		Amin Hafez أمين الحافظ (1926–2009)	25 April 1973	21 June 1973	57 days		Independent	Hafez	[2]
30		Takieddine Solh تقي الدين الصلح (1908–1988)	21 June 1973	31 October 1974	1 year, 132 days		Independent	Takieddin Solh	[2]
31		Rachid Solh رشيد الصلح (1926–2014)	31 October 1974	24 May 1975	205 days		Independent	Rachid Solh I	[2]
32		Nureddine Rifai نور الدين الرفاعي (1899–1980)	24 May 1975	27 May 1975	3 days		Military	Rifai	[2]
33		Rashid Karami رشيد كرامي (1921–1987)	1 July 1975	8 December 1976	1 year, 160 days		National Salvation Front	Karami IX	[2]
34		Selim Hoss سليم الحص (1929–2024)	8 December 1976	20 July 1980	3 years, 225 days		Independent	Hoss I–II	[2]
35		Takieddine Solh تقي الدين الصلح (1908–1988)	20 July 1980	25 October 1980	97 days		Independent	No government	[2]
36		Shafik Dib Wazzan شفيق أديب الوزان (1925–1999)	25 October 1980	30 April 1984	3 years, 188 days		Independent	Wazzan I–II	[2]
37		Rashid Karami رشيد كرامي (1921–1987)	30 April 1984	1 June 1987	3 years, 32 days		National Salvation Front	Karami X	[2]
38		Selim Hoss سليم الحص (1929–2024)	2 June 1987	24 December 1990 Disputed	3 years, 205 days		Independent	Hoss III	[2]
–		Michel Aoun ميشال عون (born 1933)	22 September 1988 Disputed	13 October 1990	2 years, 21 days		Military	Aoun	[2]
Second Lebanese Republic
39		Omar Karami عمر كرامي (1934–2015)	24 December 1990	16 May 1992	1 year, 144 days		Arab Liberation Party	Karami I	[2]
40		Rachid Solh رشيد الصلح (1926–2014)	16 May 1992	31 October 1992	168 days		Independent	Rachid Solh II	[2]
41		Rafic Hariri رفيق الحريري (1944–2005)	31 October 1992	4 December 1998	6 years, 34 days		Future Movement	Hariri I–II–III	[2]
42		Selim Hoss سليم الحص (1929–2024)	4 December 1998	26 October 2000	1 year, 327 days		Independent	Hoss IV	[2]
43		Rafic Hariri رفيق الحريري (1944–2005)	26 October 2000	26 October 2004	4 years		Future Movement	Hariri IV–V	[2]
44		Omar Karami عمر كرامي (1934–2015)	26 October 2004	19 April 2005	175 days		Arab Liberation Party	Karami II	[2]
45		Najib Mikati نجيب ميقاتي (born 1955)	19 April 2005	19 July 2005	91 days		Glory Movement	Mikati I	[2]
46		Fouad Siniora فؤاد السنيورة (born 1943)	19 July 2005	9 November 2009	4 years, 113 days		Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)	Siniora I–II	[2]
47		Saad Hariri سعد الدين الحريري (born 1970)	9 November 2009	13 June 2011	1 year, 216 days		Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)	Hariri I	[2]
48		Najib Mikati نجيب ميقاتي (born 1955)	13 June 2011	15 February 2014	2 years, 247 days		Azm Movement (March 8 Alliance)	Mikati II	[2]
49		Tammam Salam تمّام سلام (born 1945)	15 February 2014	18 December 2016	2 years, 307 days		Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)	Salam	[2]
50		Saad Hariri سعد الدين الحريري (born 1970)	18 December 2016	21 January 2020	3 years, 34 days		Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)	Hariri II–III	[2]
51		Hassan Diab حسّان دياب (born 1959)	21 January 2020	10 September 2021	1 year, 232 days		Independent	Diab	[2]
52		Najib Mikati نجيب ميقاتي (born 1955)	10 September 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 10 days		Azm Movement	Mikati III	[3]

Timeline

See also

• Lebanon portal

• Deputy Prime minister of Lebanon
  • List of deputy prime ministers of Lebanon
• President of Lebanon
  • List of presidents of Lebanon
• Prime Minister of Lebanon
• List of speakers of the Parliament of Lebanon
• Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon
• Lists of office-holders

References

1. مكتبة فلسطين للكتب المصورة (24 May 2017). معجم حكام لبنان والرؤساء 1842_2012 - عدنان محسن ضاهر و د.رياض غنام (in Arabic).
2. "الرؤساء السابقون". www.pcm.gov.lb. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
3. Prentis, Jamie (23 June 2022). "Najib Mikati named Lebanon's prime minister-designate". The National. Retrieved 28 June 2022.