Ministry of Telecommunications (Lebanon)
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The Ministry of Telecommunications is the government ministry responsible for telecommunications in Lebanon.[1]
List of Telecommunications ministers
| Minister | Term of office | |
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| Camille Chamoun[a] | 25 Sep 1943 | 03 Jul 1944 |
| Mohamad El Fadil | 03 Jul 1944 | 09 Jan 1945 |
| Nicolas Ghosn | 09 Jan 1945 | 22 Aug 1945 |
| Sami as-Solh[b] | 22 Aug 1945 | 09 Apr 1946 |
| Philippe Takla | 09 Apr 1946 | 22 May 1946 |
| Youssef El Hrawi | 22 May 1946 | 12 Dec 1946 |
| Majid Arslan | 14 Dec 1946 | 26 Jul 1948 |
| Philippe Takla[b] | 26 Jul 1948 | 01 Oct 1949 |
| Hussein Al Oweini | 01 Oct 1949 | 06 Oct 1949 |
| Jubran Nahas | 06 Oct 1949 | 14 Feb 1951 |
| Edward Noun | 14 Feb 1951 | 07 Jun 1951 |
| Mohamad Safieddine | 07 Jun 1951 | 11 Feb 1952 |
| Hussain El Abdallah | 11 Feb 1952 | 09 Sep 1952 |
| Moussa Mubarak | 09 Sep 1952 | 18 Sep 1952 |
| Nazem Akkari[c] | 18 Sep 1952 | 30 Sep 1952 |
| Moussa Mubarak[d] | 30 Sep 1952 | 06 Feb 1953 |
| Salim Haidar | 06 Feb 1953 | 30 Apr 1953 |
| Rashid Baydoun | 30 Apr 1953 | 16 Aug 1953 |
| Bashir El Aawar[d] | 16 Aug 1953 | 01 Mar 1954 |
| Nicolas Salem | 01 Mar 1954 | 16 Sep 1954 |
| Salim Haidar | 16 Sep 1954 | 19 Sep 1955 |
| Kazem al-Khalil | 19 Sep 1955 | 19 Mar 1956 |
| Mohamad Sabra | 19 Mar 1956 | 08 Jun 1956 |
| Fouad Ghosn | 08 Jun 1956 | 18 Nov 1956 |
| Majid Arslan | 18 Nov 1956 | 14 Mar 1958 |
| Bashir El Uthman | 14 Mar 1958 | 23 May 1958 |
| Kazem al-Khalil[b] | 23 May 1958 | 24 Sep 1958 |
| Fouad Najjar | 24 Sep 1958 | 14 Oct 1958 |
| Raymond Eddé[a] | 14 Oct 1958 | 07 Oct 1959 |
| Mourice Zouein | 07 Oct 1959 | 14 May 1960 |
| Fouad Najjar | 14 May 1960 | 01 Aug 1960 |
| Suleiman Frangieh | 01 Aug 1960 | 31 Oct 1961 |
| Rene Moawad | 31 Oct 1961 | 20 Feb 1964 |
| Mohamad Kneiio[c] | 20 Feb 1964 | 18 Nov 1964 |
| Antoine Sehnaoui | 18 Nov 1964 | 25 Jul 1965 |
| Joseph Najjar | 25 Jul 1965 | 09 Apr 1966 |
| Kamal Jumblat | 09 Apr 1966 | 06 Dec 1966 |
| Micheal Idah | 06 Dec 1966 | 08 Feb 1968 |
| Rashid Baydoun[d] | 08 Feb 1968 | 11 Apr 1968 |
| Joseph Najjar | 11 Apr 1968 | 12 Oct 1968 |
| Fouad Ghosn | 12 Oct 1968 | 20 Oct 1968 |
| Pierre Gemayel[a][c] | 20 Oct 1968 | 15 Jan 1969 |
| Michel Murr | 15 Jan 1969 | 25 Nov 1969 |
| Fouad Ghosn | 25 Nov 1969 | 13 Oct 1970 |
| Jamil Kibbi | 13 Oct 1970 | 25 Apr 1973 |
| Tony Franjieh | 25 Apr 1973 | 23 May 1975 |
| Francois Jinadri | 23 May 1975 | 01 Jul 1975 |
| Camille Chamoun[e] | 01 Jul 1975 | 15 Sep 1976 |
| Joseph Skaff | 15 Sep 1976 | 09 Dec 1976 |
| Farid Raphaël[d][f] | 12 Dec 1976 | 16 Jul 1979 |
| Michel Murr | 16 Jul 1979 | 08 Oct 1982 |
| Georges Efram | 08 Oct 1982 | 30 Apr 1984 |
| Pierre Gemayel[c][g] | 30 Apr 1984 | 29 Aug 1984 |
| Joseph El Hachem[c] | 29 Aug 1984 | 22 Sep 1988 |
| Issam Abu Jamra[b] | 22 Sep 1988 | 25 Nov 1989 |
| George Saadeh | 25 Nov 1989 | 31 Oct 1992 |
| Mohamad Ghazirs | 31 Oct 1992 | 25 May 1995 |
| AlFadl Chalak | 25 May 1995 | 07 Nov 1996 |
| Rafiq Hariri | 07 Nov 1996 | 24 Dec 1998 |
| Issam Naaman | 24 Dec 1998 | 26 Oct 2000 |
| Jean-Louis Cardahi | 26 Oct 2000 | 19 Apr 2005 |
| Alain Tabourian | 19 Apr 2005 | 19 Jul 2005 |
| Marwan Hamadé | 19 Jul 2005 | 11 Jul 2008 |
| Gebran Bassil | 11 Jul 2008 | 09 Sep 2009 |
| Charbel Nahas | 09 Sep 2009 | 13 Jun 2011 |
| Nicolas Sehnaoui | 13 Jun 2011 | 15 Feb 2014 |
| Boutros Harb | 15 Feb 2014 | 18 Dec 2016 |
| Jamal Jarrah | 18 Dec 2016 | 31 Jan 2019 |
| Mohammad Shoucair | 31 Jan 2019 | 23 Jan 2020 |
| Talal Hawat[h] | 23 Jan 2020 | 10 Sep 2021 |
| Johnny Corm[i] | 10 Sep 2021 | 08 Feb 2025 |
| Charles El Hajj | 08 Feb 2025 | Incumbent |
Notes
- ^ a b c Served simultaneously as Minister of Interior and Municipalities.
- ^ a b c d Served simultaneously as Minister of Economy and Trade.
- ^ a b c d e Served simultaneously as Minister of Public Health.
- ^ a b c d Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Interior and Municipalities from 1 July 1975 to 9 February 1976.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Finance.
- ^ Died while in office.
- ^ Resigned 10 August 2020, but remained in office as caretaker minister.
- ^ Resigned 30 October 2022, but remained in office as caretaker minister.
References
- ^ Rasha A. Abdulla (2007). The internet in the Arab world: Egypt and beyond. Peter Lang. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-0-8204-8673-4. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
External links
- Ministry of Telecommunications website
- Telecoms Corruption: The Court of Audit Report of Six Previous Ministers - L'Orient Today 15 May 2023
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