# Ministry of Economy and Trade (Lebanon)

Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET; Arabic: وزارة الأقتصاد والتجارة) is a governmental ministry of Lebanon, headquartered on the 5th floor of the Azarieh Building in Beirut.
Since 8 February 2025, the ministry has been led by Amer Bisat as Minister of Economy and Trade.

## List of Economy and Trade ministers

| Minister | Term of office | Term of office |
| Adel Osseiran | 25 Sep 1943 | 02 Jul 1944 |
| Riad Al Solh | 03 Jul 1944 | 09 Jan 1945 |
| Jamil Talhouk | 09 Jan 1945 | 22 Aug 1945 |
| Sami as-Solh | 22 Aug 1945 | 22 May 1946 |
| Saadi Al Munla | 22 May 1946 | 14 Dec 1946 |
| Kamal Jumblat | 14 Dec 1946 | 07 Jun 1947 |
| Sleiman Nawfal | 07 Jun 1947 | 26 Jul 1948 |
| Philippe Takla | 26 Jul 1948 | 01 Oct 1949 |
| Philippe Takla | 01 Oct 1949 | 14 Feb 1951 |
| Boulos Fayyad | 14 Feb 1951 | 07 Jun 1951 |
| Philippe Takla | 07 Jun 1951 | 11 Feb 1952 |
| Sleiman Al Ali | 11 Feb 1952 | 09 Sep 1952 |
| Basil Trad | 09 Sep 1952 | 18 Sep 1952 |
| Basil Trad | 18 Sep 1952 | 30 Sep 1952 |
| George Hakim | 30 Sep 1952 | 30 Apr 1953 |
| George Hakim | 30 Apr 1953 | 16 Aug 1953 |
| Rashid Karami | 16 Aug 1953 | 19 Sep 1955 |
| Nazih Al Bizri | 19 Sep 1955 | 19 Mar 1956 |
| George Hakim | 19 Mar 1956 | 08 Jun 1956 |
| George Karam | 09 Jun 1956 | 18 Nov 1956 |
| Nasri Maalouf | 18 Nov 1956 | 18 Aug 1957 |
| Kazem al-Khalil | 18 Aug 1957 | 14 Mar 1958 |
| Kazem al-Khalil | 14 Mar 1958 | 24 Sep 1958 |
| Charles Helou | 24 Sep 1958 | 14 Oct 1958 |
| Philippe Takla | 14 Oct 1958 | 14 May 1960 |
| Philippe Takla | 14 May 1960 | 01 Aug 1960 |
| Sleiman Al Ali | 01 Aug 1960 | 20 May 1961 |
| Philippe Boulos | 20 May 1961 | 31 Oct 1961 |
| Rafic Naja | 31 Oct 1961 | 20 Feb 1964 |
| Fouad Ammoun | 20 Feb 1964 | 25 Sep 1964 |
| Joseph Najjar | 25 Sep 1964 | 18 Nov 1964 |
| Bahij Taq-al-Din | 18 Nov 1964 | 25 Jul 1965 |
| Rafic Naja | 25 Jul 1965 | 09 Apr 1966 |
| Sobhi Mahmassani | 09 Apr 1966 | 06 Dec 1966 |
| Said Hamadeh | 06 Dec 1966 | 08 Feb 1968 |
| Edward Honein | 08 Feb 1968 | 12 Oct 1968 |
| Nasri Maalouf | 12 Oct 1968 | 20 Oct 1968 |
| Hussein Al Oweini | 20 Oct 1968 | 15 Jan 1969 |
| Nassim Majdalani | 15 Jan 1969 | 25 Nov 1969 |
| Suleiman Frangieh / Nassim Majdalani | 25 Nov 1969 | 13 Oct 1970 |
| Saeb Jaroudi | 13 Oct 1970 | 27 May 1972 |
| Anwar Al Sabbah | 27 May 1972 | 25 Apr 1973 |
| Bahij Tabbara | 25 Apr 1973 | 08 Jul 1973 |
| Nazih Al Bizri | 08 Jul 1973 | 30 Oct 1974 |
| Abbas Khalaf | 31 Oct 1974 | 22 May 1975 |
| Fawzi Al Khatib | 22 May 1975 | 01 Jul 1975 |
| Adel Osseiran / Joseph Skaff | 01 Jul 1975 | 09 Dec 1976 |
| Selim al-Hoss | 09 Dec 1976 | 16 Jul 1979 |
| Talal El Merhebi | 16 Jul 1979 | 25 Oct 1980 |
| Khaled Jumblat | 25 Oct 1980 | 08 Oct 1982 |
| Ibrahim Halawi | 08 Oct 1982 | 29 Apr 1984 |
| Victor Kassir | 30 Apr 1984 | 22 Sep 1988 |
| Issam Abu Jamra | 22 Sep 1988 | 25 Nov 1989 |
| Nazih Al Bizri | 25 Nov 1989 | 23 Dec 1990 |
| Marwan Hamadeh | 24 Dec 1990 | 15 May 1992 |
| Samir Makdasi | 16 May 1992 | 30 Oct 1992 |
| Hagop Demerjian | 31 Oct 1992 | 25 May 1995 |
| Yassine Jaber | 25 May 1995 | 24 Dec 1998 |
| Nasser Saidi | 24 Dec 1998 | 23 Oct 2000 |
| Bassel Fleihan | 23 Oct 2000 | 17 Apr 2003 |
| Marwan Hamadeh | 17 Apr 2003 | 21 Oct 2004 |
| Adnan Kassar | 26 Oct 2004 | 19 Apr 2005 |
| Damianos Kattar | 19 Apr 2005 | 19 Jul 2005 |
| Sami Haddad | 19 Jul 2005 | 21 Jul 2008 |
| Mohammad Safadi | 22 Jul 2008 | 13 Jun 2011 |
| Nicolas Nahas | 13 Jun 2011 | 15 Feb 2014 |
| Alain Hakim | 15 Feb 2014 | 18 Dec 2016 |
| Raed Khoury | 18 Dec 2016 | 31 Jan 2019 |
| Monsour Bteish | 31 Jan 2019 | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Raoul Nehme | 21 Jan 2020 | 10 Sep 2021 |
| Amin Salam | 10 Sep 2021 | 08 Feb 2025 |
| Amer Bisat | 08 Feb 2025 | Incumbent |