# Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Lebanon)

The Republic of Lebanon Ministry of Education & Higher Education (Arabic: الجمهورية اللبنانية وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي) is a government agency of Lebanon headquartered in Beirut.

## List of Education ministers

The following individuals have served as Minister of Education:
| Minister | Term of office | Term of office |
| Habib Abou Shahla | 25 Sep 1943 | 09 Jan 1945 |
| Wadih Naiim | 09 Jan 1945 | 22 Aug 1945 |
| Hamid Frangieh | 22 Aug 1945 | 11 Apr 1946 |
| Philippe Takla | 11 Apr 1946 | 14 Dec 1946 |
| Elias Khoury | 14 Dec 1946 | 07 Jun 1947 |
| Hamid Frangieh | 07 Jun 1947 | 01 Oct 1949 |
| Riad Al Solh | 01 Oct 1949 | 06 Oct 1949 |
| Raeef Abi Al Lamaa | 06 Oct 1949 | 14 Feb 1951 |
| Edward Noun | 14 Feb 1951 | 07 Jun 1951 |
| Emile Lahoud | 07 Jun 1951 | 11 Feb 1952 |
| Antoine Stephan | 11 Feb 1952 | 09 Sep 1952 |
| Basil Trad | 09 Sep 1952 | 18 Sep 1952 |
| Nazem Akkari | 18 Sep 1952 | 30 Sep 1952 |
| Salim Haidar | 30 Sep 1952 | 30 Apr 1953 |
| Pierre Edde | 30 Apr 1953 | 16 Aug 1953 |
| Nicholas Salem | 16 Aug 1953 | 16 Sep 1954 |
| Maurice Zouein | 16 Sep 1954 | 09 Jul 1955 |
| Salim Lahoud | 09 Jul 1955 | 19 Sep 1955 |
| Georges Hakim | 19 Sep 1955 | 08 Jun 1956 |
| Fouad Ghosn | 08 Jun 1956 | 18 Nov 1956 |
| Charles Malek | 18 Nov 1956 | 18 Aug 1957 |
| Farid Qozma | 18 Aug 1957 | 14 Mar 1958 |
| Clovis El Khazen | 14 May 1958 | 24 Sep 1958 |
| Mohamad Safieddine | 24 Sep 1958 | 14 Oct 1958 |
| Pierre Gemayel | 14 Oct 1958 | 07 Oct 1959 |
| Fouad Boutros | 07 Oct 1959 | 14 May 1960 |
| Gebran Nahas | 14 May 1960 | 01 Aug 1960 |
| Kamal Jumblatt | 01 Aug 1960 | 20 May 1961 |
| Mohamad Safieddine | 20 May 1961 | 31 Oct 1961 |
| Kamel Al Assad | 31 Oct 1961 | 20 Feb 1964 |
| Charles Helou | 20 Feb 1964 | 18 Aug 1964 |
| Gebran Nahas | 18 Aug 1964 | 25 Sep 1964 |
| Edmond Gaspard | 25 Sep 1964 | 18 Nov 1964 |
| Ghaleb Shahine | 18 Nov 1964 | 25 Jul 1965 |
| Sleiman El Zein | 25 Jul 1965 | 09 Apr 1966 |
| Fouad Boutros | 09 Apr 1966 | 06 Dec 1966 |
| Sleiman El Zein | 06 Dec 1966 | 08 Feb 1968 |
| Jean Aziz | 08 Feb 1968 | 12 Oct 1968 |
| Abdallah Yafi | 12 Oct 1968 | 15 Jan 1969 |
| Joseph Bou Khater | 15 Jan 1969 | 13 Oct 1970 |
| Ghassan Tueini | 13 Oct 1970 | 20 Jan 1971 |
| Najib Abou Haidar | 20 Jan 1971 | 27 May 1972 |
| Edward Honein | 27 May 1972 | 09 Aug 1972 |
| Henry Eddeh | 09 Aug 1972 | 02 Oct 1972 |
| Albert Moukhayber | 02 Oct 1972 | 25 Apr 1973 |
| Edmond Rizk | 25 Apr 1973 | 31 Oct 1974 |
| Majed Hamada | 31 Oct 1974 | 23 May 1975 |
| Moses Canaan | 23 May 1975 | 01 Jul 1975 |
| Philip Said | 01 Jul 1975 | 16 Jun 1976 |
| Camille Chamoun | 16 Jun 1976 | 15 Sep 1976 |
| Adel Osseiran | 15 Sep 1976 | 09 Dec 1976 |
| Assad Rizk | 09 Dec 1976 | 16 Jul 1979 |
| Peter War | 16 Jul 1979 | 25 Oct 1980 |
| Rebler Moawad | 25 Oct 1980 | 10 Jul 1982 |
| Issam Khoury | 10 Jul 1982 | 30 Apr 1984 |
| Salim Al Hos | 30 Apr 1984 | 22 Sep 1988 |
| Michel Aoun | 22 Sep 1988 | 25 Nov 1989 |
| Omar Karami | 25 Nov 1989 | 24 Dec 1990 |
| Peter War | 24 Dec 1990 | 16 May 1992 |
| Zaki Mzabudi | 16 May 1992 | 31 Oct 1992 |
| Michael Al-Dahir | 31 Oct 1992 | 25 May 1995 |
| Robert Ghanem | 25 May 1995 | 11 Jul 1996 |
| Jan Obaid | 11 Jul 1996 | 04 Dec 1998 |
| Muhammad Baydoun | 04 Dec 1998 | 26 Oct 2000 |
| Abdul Rahim Murad | 26 Oct 2000 | 17 Apr 2003 |
| Samir Jisr | 17 Apr 2003 | 26 Oct 2004 |
| Ahmad Minkara | 26 Oct 2004 | 19 Apr 2005 |
| Ghassan Salamé | 19 Apr 2005 | 28 Apr 2005 |
| Assad Rizk | 28 Apr 2005 | 19 Jul 2005 |
| Khaled Kabbani | 19 Jul 2005 | 11 Jul 2008 |
| Bahia Hariri | 11 Jul 2008 | 09 Nov 2009 |
| Hassan Mneimneh | 09 Nov 2009 | 13 Jun 2011 |
| Hassan Diab | 13 Jun 2011 | 19 Feb 2014 |
| Elias Bou Saab | 19 Feb 2014 | 18 Feb 2016 |
| Marwan Hamadeh | 18 Feb 2016 | 04 Feb 2019 |
| Akram Chehayeb | 04 Feb 2019 | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Tarek Majzoub | 21 Jan 2020 | 10 Sep 2021 |
| Abbas Halabi | 10 Sep 2021 | 08 Feb 2025 |
| Rima Karami | 08 Feb 2025 | Incumbent |