Prime Minister of Lebanon

The **Prime Minister of Lebanon**, officially the **President of the Council of Ministers**, is the head of government and the head of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon. The Prime Minister is appointed (and removed) by the President of Lebanon.

## List of officeholders

|colspan="2" scope="col"|Key||
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|align=center style="background-color:Transparent"|—|Acting prime minister|
|align=center style="background-color:#93308f; color:white;"||Azm Movement|
|align=center style="background-color:DarkRed; color:white;"||Constitutional Party|
|align=center style="background-color:#00529F; color:white;"||National Bloc|
|align=center style="background-color:Green; color:white;"||Kataeb Party|
|align=center style="background-color:Violet; color:white;"||Independence Movement|
|align=center style="background:DarkKhaki; color:white;"||Military|
|align=center style="background-color:Pink; color:white;"||National Salvation Front|
|align=center style="background-color:#5BB9EE; color:white;"||Future Movement|

|rowspan="2" scope="col"|No.|rowspan="2" scope="col"|Portrait|rowspan="2" scope="col"|Name|colspan="3" scope="col"|Term of office|colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col"|Political party|rowspan="2" width="25%"|Note(s)|
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|colspan="9" align="center"|===State of Greater Lebanon, part of the French Mandate (1926–1943)===|||||||||||
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|align="center"|31 May 1926|align="center"|5 May 1927|align="center"|339 days|colspan="2" align="center"|Independent|align="left"||||
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|align="center"|5 May 1927|align="center"|10 August 1928|align="center"|1 year, 96 days|align="center"|Constitutional Party|style="background-color:DarkRed; color:white;"||align="left"||
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|align="center"|10 August 1928|align="center"|9 May 1929|align="center"|272 days|colspan="2" align="center"|Independent|align="left"||||
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|align="center"|9 May 1929|align="center"|11 October 1929|align="center"|155 days|align="center"|Constitutional Party|style="background-color:DarkRed; color:white;"||align="left"||
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|align="center"|11 October 1929|align="center"|25 March 1930|align="center"|165 days|align="center"|National Bloc|style="background-color:#00529F; color:white;"||align="left"||
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|align="center"|25 March 1930|align="center"|9 March 1932|align="center"|1 year, 347 days|colspan="2" align="center"|Independent|align="left"||||
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|align="center"|9 March 1932|align="center"|29 January 1934|align="center"|1 year, 324 days|colspan="2" align="center"|Independent|align="left"||||
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|align="center"|29 January 1934|align="center"|30 January 1936|align="center"|2 years, 1 day|colspan="2" align="center"|Independent|align="left"||||
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|align=center|30 January 1936|align=center|5 January 1937|align=center|341 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|5 January 1937|align=center|18 March 1938|align=center|1 year, 73 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left|Khayreddin al-Ahdab was the first Muslim to hold this title|||
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|align=center|18 March 1938|align=center|24 October 1938|align=center|220 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|24 October 1938|align=center|21 September 1939|align=center|1 year, 57 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|21 September 1939|align=center|4 April 1941|align=center|1 year, 105 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|7 April 1941|align=center|26 November 1941|align=center|233 days|align=center|Kataeb Party|style="background-color:Green; color:white;"||align=left||
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|align=center|1 December 1941|align=center|26 July 1942|align=center|237 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|26 July 1942|align=center|22 March 1943|align=center|239 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|22 March 1943|align=center|21 July 1943|align=center|121 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|1 August 1943|align=center|25 September 1943|align=center|55 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
|colspan="9" align="center"|===Lebanese Republic (1943–present)===|||||||||||
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|align=center|25 September 1943|align=center|10 January 1945|align=center|1 year, 320 days|align=center|Independence Movement|style="background-color:Violet; color:white;"||align=left||
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|align=center|10 January 1945|align=center|20 August 1945|align=center|222 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|23 August 1945|align=center|22 May 1946|align=center|272 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|22 May 1946|align=center|14 December 1946|align=center|206 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|14 December 1946|align=center|14 February 1951|align=center|4 years, 60 days|align=center|Independence Movement|style="background-color:Violet; color:white;"||align=left|Assassinated on 17 July 1951 at Marka Airport in Amman by members of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party|
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|align=center|14 February 1951|align=center|7 April 1951|align=center|52 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|7 April 1951|align=center|11 February 1952|align=center|310 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|11 February 1952|align=center|9 September 1952|align=center|211 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|10 September 1952|align=center|14 September 1952|align=center|4 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|14 September 1952|align=center|18 September 1952|align=center|4 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|18 September 1952|align=center|1 October 1952|align=center|13 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left|Acting, first Maronite who holds the position.|||
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|align=center|1 October 1952|align=center|1 May 1953|align=center|212 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|1 May 1953|align=center|16 August 1953|align=center|107 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|16 August 1953|align=center|16 September 1954|align=center|1 year, 30 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|16 September 1954|align=center|19 September 1955|align=center|1 year, 3 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|19 September 1955|align=center|20 March 1956|align=center|183 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|20 March 1956|align=center|18 November 1956|align=center|243 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|18 November 1956|align=center|20 September 1958|align=center|1 year, 306 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|20 September 1958|align=center|24 September 1958|align=center|4 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|24 September 1958|align=center|14 May 1960|align=center|1 year, 233 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|14 May 1960|align=center|1 August 1960|align=center|79 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|2 August 1960|align=center|31 October 1961|align=center|1 year, 89 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|31 October 1961|align=center|20 February 1964|align=center|2 years, 111 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|20 February 1964|align=center|25 July 1965|align=center|1 year, 157 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|25 July 1965|align=center|9 April 1966|align=center|258 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|9 April 1966|align=center|2 December 1966|align=center|237 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|7 December 1966|align=center|8 February 1968|align=center|1 year, 61 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|8 February 1968|align=center|15 January 1969|align=center|342 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|15 January 1969|align=center|13 October 1970|align=center|1 year, 271 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|13 October 1970|align=center|25 April 1973|align=center|2 years, 194 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|25 April 1973|align=center|21 June 1973|align=center|57 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|21 June 1973|align=center|31 October 1974|align=center|1 year, 131 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|31 October 1974|align=center|24 May 1975|align=center|205 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|24 May 1975|align=center|27 May 1975|align=center|3 days|align=center|Military|style="background:DarkKhaki; color:white;"||align=left||
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|align=center|1 July 1975|align=center|8 December 1976|align=center|1 year, 159 days|align=center|National Salvation Front|style="background:Pink; color:white;"||align=left||
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|align=center|8 December 1976|align=center|20 July 1980|align=center|3 years, 224 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|20 July 1980|align=center|25 October 1980|align=center|97 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|25 October 1980|align=center|30 April 1984|align=center|3 years, 187 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|30 April 1984|align=center|1 June 1987|align=center|3 years, 32 days|align=center|National Salvation Front|style="background:Pink; color:white;"||align=left|Karami was assassinated during the Lebanese Civil War.|
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|align=center|2 June 1987|align=center|24 December 1990|align=center|3 years, 204 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left|Disputed: Dismissal on 22 September 1988 contested, then fully recognized from 13 October 1990.|||
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|align=center|22 September 1988|align=center|13 October 1990|align=center|2 years, 21 days|align=center|Military|style="background:DarkKhaki; color:white;"||align=left|Disputed: Appointment on 22 September 1988 contested.|
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|align=center|24 December 1990|align=center|13 January 1992|align=center|1 year, 20 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|13 January 1992|align=center|31 January 1992|align=center|18 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|31 January 1992|align=center|6 December 1998|align=center|6 years, 310 days|align=center|Future Movement|style="background-color:#5BB9EE; color:white;"||align=left||
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|align=center|6 December 1998|align=center|23 October 2000|align=center|1 year, 321 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|23 October 2000|align=center|21 October 2004|align=center|3 years, 363 days|align=center|Future Movement|style="background-color:#5BB9EE; color:white;"||align=left|Rafic Hariri was assassinated on 14 February 2005, four months after leaving office.|
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|align=center|21 October 2004|align=center|19 April 2005|align=center|180 days|colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|19 April 2005|align=center|19 July 2005|align=center|91 days|colspan="2" align="center"|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|19 July 2005|align=center|9 November 2009|align=center|4 years, 112 days|align=center|Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)|style="background-color:#5BB9EE; color:white;"||align=left||
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|align=center|9 November 2009|align=center|13 June 2011|align=center|1 year, 217 days|align=center|Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)|style="background-color:#5BB9EE; color:white;"||align=left||
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|align=center|13 June 2011|align=center|15 February 2014|align=center||align=center|Independent|style="background-color:#00529F; color:white;"||align=left||
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|align=center|15 February 2014|align=center|18 December 2016|align=center||colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left||||
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|align=center|18 December 2016|align=center|21 January 2020|align=center||align=center|Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)|style="background-color:#5BB9EE; color:white;"||align=left|Resigned on 29 October 2019, but continued to serve as caretaker prime minister.|
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|align=center|21 January 2020|align=center|10 September 2021|align=center||colspan="2" align=center|Independent|align=left|Resigned on 10 August 2020 but continued to serve as caretaker prime minister.|||
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|align=center|10 September 2021|align=center|Incumbent|align=center||align=center|Azm Movement|style="background-color:#93308f; color:#93308f;"||align=left|A new government was formed by Najib Mikati on the 10th of September 2021 after a 13-month-long wait for a new cabinet.|

## Living former prime ministers

|Name|Term of office|Date of birth|Political party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Selim Hoss|1976–1980, 1987–1990, 1998–2000||Independent|
|Michel Aoun|1988–1990||Military|
|Fouad Siniora|2005–2009||Future Movement|
|Saad Hariri|2009–2011, 2016–2020||Future Movement|
|Tammam Salam|2014–2016||Independent|
|Hassan Diab|2020-2021||Independent|

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: President of the Council of Ministers
- **body**: Lebanon
- **style**: Excellency, His/Her Excellency
- **insignia**: PCM_Logo.gif
- **insigniasize**: 218px
- **appointer**: President of Lebanon, President
- **insigniacaption**: Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the Lebanese Republic
- **image**: Najib Mikati portrait.jpg
- **imagesize**: 165px
- **incumbent**: Najib Mikati
- **incumbentsince**: 10 September 2021
- **residence**: Grand Serail, Beirut
- **termlength**: 4 years (maximum)
- **member of**: Council of Ministers of Lebanon, Council of Ministers
- **formation**: Constitution of Lebanon
23 May 1926
- **inaugural**: Auguste Adib Pacha
31 May 1926
- **salary**: Lebanese lira, LL 212,844,000 annually
- **website**: [http://www.pcm.gov.lb Lebanese Government Website]
- **nominator**: Parliament of Lebanon, Parliament