The formation of a new government in Lebanon was agreed upon on Friday, after more than a year of the political crisis in the country.
Lebanon’s richest man Najib Mikati becomes prime minister. Najib Mikati is a Lebanese politician and businessman who served as Prime Minister of Lebanon in 2005 and from 2011 to 2014.
Lebanon had been without a proper functioning government since then-PM Hassan Diab resigned days after a massive blast on 4 August 2020 destroyed Beirut port and the surrounding area.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati and President Michel Aoun have signed a decree forming a new government in the presence of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, the Lebanese presidency said in a statement.
Translation: President Aoun and Prime Minister Mikati signed the decree to form the new government in the presence of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.
“The situation in the country is difficult,” Mikati said in a speech after signing the decree. “I hope I can stop the collapse and bring prosperity back to the country.”
According to the National news agency of Lebanon, the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Mahmoud Makkieh on Friday read out the decree pertaining to forming the new Cabinet, which includes the following cabinet ministers:
- Najib Mikati as Prime Minister
- Souad Al-Shami as Vice Prime Minister
- Abbas Halabi as Minister of Education and Higher Education
- Youssef Khalil as Minister of Finance
- Georges Kallas as Youth and Sports Minister
- Abdullah Bou Habib as Foreign Minister
- Georges Boujekian as Minister of Industry
- Bassam Mawlaoui as Minister of Interior and Municipalities
- Maurice Selim as Minister of National Defense
- Georges Kordahi as Minister of Information
- Ali Hamieh as Minister of Public Works and Transport
- Walid Nassar as Minister of Tourism
- Henri Khoury as Minister of Justice
- Amine Salam as Minister of Economy and Trade
- Firas Abiad as Minister of Health
- Mustapha Beyram as Minister of Labor
- Hiktor el-Hajjar, Minister of Social Affairs
- Najla Riachi as Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs
- Abbas Hajj Hasan as Minister of Agriculture
- Johnny Corm as Minister of Communications
- Nasser Yassine as Minister of Environment
- Issam Sharaf Eddine Shuhayeb as Minister of the Displace
- Mohammed Wissam Murtada as Minister of Culture
- Walid Fayyad as Minister of Energy and Water
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