List of prime ministers of Lebanon facts for kids

Lebanon is a country in the Middle East. Like many countries, it has a leader called a Prime Minister. This person is officially known as the President of the Council of Ministers. This list shows all the people who have served as Prime Minister of Lebanon since the job was created in 1926.

• Top left: Riad Solh was the first prime minister of the Republic of Lebanon.
• Top right: Rashid Karami was the longest-serving prime minister of Lebanon serving for 8 terms.
• Bottom left: Rafic Hariri is one of the most celebrated prime ministers of Lebanon and was the second longest-serving prime minister.
• Bottom right: Nawaf Salam is the incumbent prime minister of Lebanon since 2025.

Since 1943, there has been an unwritten agreement in Lebanon called the National Pact. This agreement helps different religious groups share power. Because of this pact, every Prime Minister since 1943 has been a Sunni Muslim.

Prime Ministers of Lebanon

This section lists all the Prime Ministers of Lebanon. They are grouped by the different periods of Lebanon's history.

During the French Mandate (1926–1943)

Lebanon was under French control during this time. The Prime Ministers served in the "State of Greater Lebanon."

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Auguste Adib Pacha	31 May 1926	5 May 1927	339 days		Independent	Adib I
2		Bechara Khoury	5 May 1927	10 August 1928	1 year, 97 days		Constitutional Party	Khoury I–II
3		Habib Pacha Es-Saad	10 August 1928	9 May 1929	272 days		Independent	Saad
4		Bechara Khoury	9 May 1929	11 October 1929	155 days		Constitutional Party	Khoury III
5		Émile Eddé	11 October 1929	25 March 1930	165 days		National Bloc	Eddé
6		Auguste Adib Pacha	25 March 1930	9 March 1932	1 year, 350 days		Independent	Adib II
7		Charles Debbas	9 March 1932	29 January 1934	1 year, 326 days		Independent
8		Abdallah Beyhum	29 January 1934	30 January 1936	2 years, 1 day		Independent
9		Ayoub Tabet	30 January 1936	5 January 1937	341 days		Independent
10		Khayreddine al-Ahdab	5 January 1937	18 March 1938	1 year, 72 days		National Bloc	Ahdab I–II–III–IV–V
11		Khaled Chehab	18 March 1938	24 October 1938	220 days		Independent	Chehab I
12		Abdallah Yafi	24 October 1938	21 September 1939	332 days		Independent	Yafi I–II
13		Abdallah Beyhum	21 September 1939	4 April 1941	1 year, 195 days		Independent
No Prime Minister (4 April 1941 – 7 April 1941)
14		Alfred Georges Naccache	7 April 1941	26 November 1941	233 days		Kataeb Party
No Prime Minister (26 November 1941 – 1 December 1941)
15		Ahmad Daouk	1 December 1941	26 July 1942	237 days		Independent	Daouk I
16		Sami Solh	26 July 1942	22 March 1943	239 days		Constitutional Party	Sami Solh I
17		Ayoub Tabet	22 March 1943	21 July 1943	121 days		Independent	Tabet
No Prime Minister (21 July 1943 – 1 August 1943)
18		Petro Trad	1 August 1943	25 September 1943	55 days		Independent

Lebanese Republic (1943–present)

Lebanon became an independent republic in 1943. Here are the Prime Ministers who have served since then.

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Riad Solh	25 September 1943	10 January 1945	1 year, 107 days		Constitutional Party	Riad Solh I–II
2		Abdul Hamid Karami	10 January 1945	20 August 1945	222 days		Independent	Karami
No Prime Minister (20 August 1945 – 23 August 1945)
3		Sami Solh	23 August 1945	22 May 1946	272 days		Constitutional Party	Sami Solh II
4		Saadi Munla	22 May 1946	14 December 1946	206 days		Independent	Munla
5		Riad Solh	14 December 1946	14 February 1951	4 years, 62 days		Constitutional Party	Riad Solh III–IV–V–VI
6		Hussein Oweini	14 February 1951	7 April 1951	52 days		Independent	Oweini I
7		Abdallah Yafi	7 April 1951	11 February 1952	310 days		Independent	Yafi III
8		Sami Solh	11 February 1952	9 September 1952	211 days		Constitutional Party	Sami Solh III
9		Nazem Akkari	10 September 1952	14 September 1952	4 days		Independent	Akkari
10		Saeb Salam	14 September 1952	18 September 1952	4 days		Independent	Salam I
—		Fuad Chehab acting	18 September 1952	1 October 1952	13 days		Independent	Fouad Chehab
11		Khaled Chehab	1 October 1952	1 May 1953	212 days		Independent	Khaled Chehab II
12		Saeb Salam	1 May 1953	16 August 1953	107 days		Independent	Salam II
13		Abdallah Yafi	16 August 1953	16 September 1954	1 year, 31 days		Independent	Yafi IV–Yafi V
14		Sami Solh	16 September 1954	19 September 1955	1 year, 3 days		Constitutional Party	Sami Solh IV–V
15		Rashid Karami	19 September 1955	20 March 1956	183 days		Independent	Karami I
16		Abdallah Yafi	20 March 1956	18 November 1956	243 days		Independent	Yafi VI–VII
17		Sami Solh	18 November 1956	20 September 1958	1 year, 306 days		Constitutional Party	Sami Solh VI–VII–VIII
—		Khalil Hibri acting	20 September 1958	24 September 1958	4 days		Independent	Sami Solh VIII
18		Rashid Karami	24 September 1958	14 May 1960	1 year, 233 days		Independent	Karami II–III
19		Ahmad Daouk	14 May 1960	1 August 1960	79 days		Independent	Daouk II
20		Saeb Salam	2 August 1960	31 October 1961	1 year, 90 days		Independent	Salam III–IV
21		Rashid Karami	31 October 1961	20 February 1964	2 years, 112 days		Independent	Karami IV
22		Hussein Oweini	20 February 1964	25 July 1965	1 year, 155 days		Independent	Oweini II–III–IV
23		Rashid Karami	25 July 1965	9 April 1966	258 days		Independent	Karami V
24		Abdallah Yafi	9 April 1966	2 December 1966	237 days		Independent	Yafi VIII
No Prime Minister (2 December 1966 – 7 December 1966)
25		Rashid Karami	7 December 1966	8 February 1968	1 year, 63 days		Independent	Karami VI
26		Abdallah Yafi	8 February 1968	15 January 1969	342 days		Independent	Yafi IX–X–XI
27		Rashid Karami	15 January 1969	13 October 1970	1 year, 271 days		Independent	Karami VII–VIII
28		Saeb Salam	13 October 1970	25 April 1973	2 years, 194 days		Independent	Salam V–VI
29		Amin Hafez	25 April 1973	21 June 1973	57 days		Independent	Hafez
30		Takieddine Solh	21 June 1973	31 October 1974	1 year, 132 days		Independent	Takieddin Solh
31		Rachid Solh	31 October 1974	24 May 1975	205 days		Independent	Rachid Solh I
32		Nureddine Rifai	24 May 1975	27 May 1975	3 days		Military	Rifai
No Prime Minister (27 May 1975 – 1 July 1975)
33		Rashid Karami	1 July 1975	8 December 1976	1 year, 160 days		National Salvation Front	Karami IX
34		Salim Huss	8 December 1976	20 July 1980	3 years, 225 days		Independent	Hoss I–II
35		Takieddine Solh	20 July 1980	25 October 1980	97 days		Independent	No government
36		Shafik Dib Wazzan	25 October 1980	30 April 1984	3 years, 188 days		Independent	Wazzan I–II
37		Rashid Karami	30 April 1984	1 June 1987	3 years, 32 days		National Salvation Front	Karami X
No Prime Minister (1 June 1987 – 2 June 1987)
38		Salim Huss	2 June 1987	24 December 1990 Disputed	3 years, 205 days		Independent	Hoss III
–		Michel Aoun Disputed	22 September 1988	13 October 1990	2 years, 21 days		Military	Aoun
Second Lebanese Republic
39		Omar Karami	24 December 1990	16 May 1992	1 year, 144 days		Arab Liberation Party	Karami I
40		Rachid Solh	16 May 1992	31 October 1992	168 days		Independent	Rachid Solh II
41		Rafic Hariri	31 October 1992	4 December 1998	6 years, 34 days		Future Movement	Hariri I–II–III
42		Salim Huss	4 December 1998	26 October 2000	1 year, 327 days		Independent	Hoss IV
43		Rafic Hariri	26 October 2000	26 October 2004	4 years		Future Movement	Hariri IV–V
44		Omar Karami	26 October 2004	19 April 2005	175 days		Arab Liberation Party	Karami II
45		Najib Mikati	19 April 2005	19 July 2005	91 days		Glory Movement	Mikati I
46		Fouad Siniora	19 July 2005	9 November 2009	4 years, 113 days		Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)	Siniora I–II
47		Saad Hariri	9 November 2009	13 June 2011	1 year, 216 days		Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)	Hariri I
48		Najib Mikati	13 June 2011	15 February 2014	2 years, 247 days		Azm Movement (March 8 Alliance)	Mikati II
49		Tammam Salam	15 February 2014	18 December 2016	2 years, 307 days		Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)	Salam
50		Saad Hariri	18 December 2016	21 January 2020	3 years, 34 days		Future Movement (March 14 Alliance)	Hariri II–III
51		Hassan Diab	21 January 2020	10 September 2021	1 year, 232 days		Independent	Diab
52		Najib Mikati	10 September 2021	8 February 2025	3 years, 151 days		Azm Movement	Mikati III
53		Nawaf Salam	8 February 2025	Incumbent	181 days		Independent	Salam

Timeline of Prime Ministers

This timeline shows when each Prime Minister served. Different colors represent the political parties they belonged to.

Related Topics

• Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon
• President of Lebanon
• Prime Minister of Lebanon
• List of speakers of the Parliament of Lebanon

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Primeros ministros del Líbano para niños