Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Lebanon)

The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Arabic: وزارة الداخلية والبلديات) in Lebanon is responsible for governorate, caza, municipalities, federation of municipalities and village matters, in addition to political parties and organizations.^[1]

Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
وزارة الداخلية والبلديات

Agency overview
Formed	1943; 82 years ago (1943)
Jurisdiction	Government of Lebanon
Headquarters	Hamra, Beirut
Agency executive	Ahmad al-Hajjar, Minister of Interior and Municipalities
Website	Official website

The ministry was created in the first post-independence government in 1943. In 2000, it was named the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities. Since 8 February 2025, the ministry has been led by Ahmad al-Hajjar.

List of Interior and Municipalities ministers

Minister	Term of office
Camille Chamoun[a]	25 Sep 1943	03 Jul 1944
Riad Al Solh[b][c]	03 Jul 1944	09 Jan 1945
Wadih Naeem	09 Jan 1945	22 Aug 1945
Youssef Salam	22 Aug 1945	22 May 1946
Saeb Salam	22 May 1946	14 Dec 1946
Sabry Hamada	14 Dec 1946	07 Jun 1947
Camille Chamoun	07 Jun 1947	26 Jul 1948
Gabriel Murr	26 Jul 1948	01 Oct 1949
Elias El Khoury	01 Oct 1949	14 Feb 1951
Hussein Al Oweini[c][d]	14 Feb 1951	07 Jun 1951
Abdallah Yafi[c]	07 Jun 1951	11 Feb 1952
Sami as-Solh[c]	11 Feb 1952	09 Sep 1952
Nazem Akkari[c]	09 Sep 1952	14 Sep 1952
Saeb Salam[c]	14 Sep 1952	18 Sep 1952
Fuad Chehab[c]	18 Sep 1952	30 Sep 1952
Khaled Shehab[c]	30 Sep 1952	30 Apr 1953
Saeb Salam[c]	30 Apr 1953	16 Aug 1953
Abdallah Yafi[c]	16 Aug 1953	03 Jan 1954
George Hrawi	03 Jan 1954	16 Sep 1954
Gabriel Murr	16 Sep 1954	09 Jul 1955
Mohieddin Al Nasuli	09 Jul 1955	19 Sep 1955
Rashid Karami[c]	19 Sep 1955	19 Mar 1956
Abdallah Yafi[c]	19 Mar 1956	18 Nov 1956
Sami as-Solh[c][e]	18 Nov 1956	24 Sep 1958
Rashid Karami	24 Sep 1958	14 Oct 1958
Raymond Edde[f]	14 Oct 1958	14 May 1960
Edmond Kaspar	14 May 1960	01 Aug 1960
Saeb Salam[c]	01 Aug 1960	20 May 1961
Abdullah Al Mashnouk	20 May 1961	31 Oct 1961
Kamal Jumblatt	31 Oct 1961	20 Feb 1964
Hussein Al Oweini[c]	20 Feb 1964	18 Nov 1964
Takieddin el-Solh	18 Nov 1964	25 Jul 1965
Muhammad Kneiu[g]	25 Jul 1965	09 Apr 1966
Pierre Gemayel	09 Apr 1966	06 Dec 1966
Badri Al Maoushi	06 Dec 1966	08 Feb 1968
Suleiman Frangieh	08 Feb 1968	12 Oct 1968
Abdallah Yafi[c]	12 Oct 1968	20 Oct 1968
Pierre Gemayel[a][g]	20 Oct 1968	15 Jan 1969
Adel Osseiran	15 Jan 1969	25 Nov 1969
Kamal Jumblatt	25 Nov 1969	13 Oct 1970
Saeb Salam[c]	13 Oct 1970	25 Apr 1973
Bashir Al Awar	25 Apr 1973	08 Jul 1973
Bahij Taq-al-Din	08 Jul 1973	31 Oct 1974
Rashid al-Solh[c]	31 Oct 1974	23 May 1975
Said Nasrallah	23 May 1975	01 Jul 1975
Camille Chamoun[a]	01 Jul 1975	09 Feb 1976
Salah Salman	09 Feb 1976	16 Jul 1979
Bahij Taq-al-Din	16 Jul 1979	25 Oct 1980
Shafiq Wazzan[c]	25 Oct 1980	30 Apr 1984
Abdullah Rassi	30 Apr 1984	25 Nov 1989
Elias El Khazen	25 Nov 1989	24 Dec 1990
Sami Al Khatib	24 Dec 1990	31 Oct 1992
Bishara Merhej	31 Oct 1992	09 Feb 1994
Michel Murr	09 Feb 1994	26 Oct 2000
Elias Murr	25 Oct 2000	26 Oct 2004
Suleiman Frangieh	26 Oct 2004	19 Apr 2005
Hassan Sabeh	19 Apr 2005	11 Jul 2008
Ziad Baroud	11 Jul 2008	13 Jun 2011
Marwan Charbel	13 Jun 2011	15 Feb 2014
Nohad Machnouk	15 Feb 2014	31 Jan 2019
Raya Haffar Al Hassan	31 Jan 2019	21 Jan 2020
Mohamed Fahmy[h]	21 Jan 2020	10 Sep 2021
Bassam Mawlawi[i][2]	10 Sep 2021	08 Feb 2025
Ahmad al-Hajjar	08 Feb 2025	Incumbent

See also

• List of town without municipalities in Lebanon

Notes

1. Served simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications.
2. Served simultaneously as Minister of Economy and Trade.
3. Served simultaneously as Prime Minister.
4. Served simultaneously as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
5. Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice until January 1957.
6. Served simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications until 7 October 1959.
7. Served simultaneously as Minister of Public Health.
8. Resigned 10 August 2020, but remained in office as caretaker minister.
9. Resigned 30 October 2022, but remained in office as caretaker minister.