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The Ministry of Public Health (Arabic: وزارة الصحّة العامة) is a ministry of the government of the Republic of Lebanon. As of 2024, the Minister of Health is Firass Abiad.
The ministry's Department of Primary Healthcare operates over 200 primary health care centres across Lebanon. The ministry operates a network of 31 government-operated hospitals.
Its headquarters are in Bir Hassan, in the Jnah neighborhood of the capital city Beirut.
List of Public Health ministers
| Minister | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|
| Majid Arslan | 25 Sep 1943 | 9 Jan 1945 |
| Ahmed al-Asaad | 9 Jan 1945 | 22 Aug 1945 |
| Jamil Talhouk | 22 Aug 1945 | 22 May 1946 |
| Majid Arslan | 22 May 1946 | 14 Dec 1946 |
| Elias Khoury | 14 Dec 1946 | 7 Jun 1947 |
| Camille Chamoun | 7 Jun 1947 | 26 Jul 1948 |
| Elias Khoury | 26 Jul 1948 | 1 Oct 1949 |
| Raiif Abillamah | 1 Oct 1949 | 14 Feb 1951 |
| Boulos Fayad | 14 Feb 1951 | 7 Jun 1951 |
| Bahij Taq-al-Din | 7 Jun 1951 | 11 Feb 1952 |
| Majid Arslan | 11 Feb 1952 | 9 Sep 1952 |
| Basil Trad | 9 Sep 1952 | 18 Sep 1952 |
| Nazem Akkari | 18 Sep 1952 | 30 Sep 1952 |
| Salim Haidar | 30 Sep 1952 | 30 Apr 1953 |
| Rashid Baydoun | 30 Apr 1953 | 16 Aug 1953 |
| Kazem al-Khalil | 16 Aug 1953 | 16 Sep 1954 |
| Charles Helou | 16 Sep 1954 | 9 Jul 1955 |
| Gabriel Murr | 9 Jul 1955 | 19 Sep 1955 |
| Nazih Bizri | 19 Sep 1955 | 18 Nov 1956 |
| Majid Arslan | 18 Nov 1956 | 18 Aug 1957 |
| Joseph Skaff | 18 Aug 1957 | 14 Mar 1958 |
| Albert Mokhaiber | 14 Mar 1958 | 24 Sep 1958 |
| Mohamed Safieddine | 24 Sep 1958 | 14 Oct 1958 |
| Pierre Gemayel | 14 Oct 1958 | 14 May 1960 |
| Awad Mikdad | 14 May 1960 | 1 Aug 1960 |
| Elias Khoury | 1 Aug 1960 | 20 May 1961 |
| Pierre Gemayel | 20 May 1961 | 31 Oct 1961 |
| Ali Bazze | 31 Oct 1961 | 20 Feb 1964 |
| Mohamed Knio | 20 Feb 1964 | 18 Nov 1964 |
| Yacoub Sarraf | 18 Nov 1964 | 25 Jul 1965 |
| Mohamed Knio | 25 Jul 1965 | 9 Apr 1966 |
| Kamel Asaad | 9 Apr 1966 | 6 Dec 1966 |
| Nassib Barbir | 6 Dec 1966 | 8 Feb 1968 |
| Khaled Joumblat | 8 Feb 1968 | 12 Oct 1968 |
| Pierre Gemayel | 12 Oct 1968 | 15 Jan 1969 |
| Khatchig Babikian | 15 Jan 1969 | 25 Nov 1969 |
| Habib Moutran | 25 Nov 1969 | 13 Oct 1970 |
| Emile Bitar | 13 Oct 1970 | 27 May 1972 |
| Nazih Bizri | 27 May 1972 | 25 Apr 1973 |
| Amin Hafez | 25 Apr 1973 | 8 Jul 1973 |
| Ousman Dana | 8 Jul 1973 | 30 Oct 1974 |
| Majid Arslan | 30 Oct 1974 | 23 May 1975 |
| Nureddine Rifai | 23 May 1975 | 1 Jul 1975 |
| Majid Arslan | 1 Jul 1975 | 9 Dec 1976 |
| Ibrahim Cheaito | 9 Dec 1976 | 16 Jul 1979 |
| Talal El Merhebi | 16 Jul 1979 | 25 Oct 1980 |
| Nazih Bizri | 25 Oct 1980 | 8 Oct 1982 |
| Adnan Mroueh | 8 Oct 1982 | 29 Apr 1984 |
| Pierre Gemayel | 30 Apr 1984 | 29 Aug 1984 |
| Joseph Hashem | 29 Aug 1984 | 22 Sep 1988 |
| Edgar Maalouf | 22 Sep 1988 | 25 Nov 1989 |
| Abdullah Rassi | 25 Nov 1989 | 23 Dec 1990 |
| Jamil Kebbeh | 24 Dec 1990 | 15 May 1992 |
| Marwan Hamadeh | 16 May 1992 | 7 Nov 1996 |
| Suleiman Frangieh | 7 Nov 1996 | 4 Dec 1998 |
| Karam Karam | 4 Dec 1998 | 26 Oct 2000 |
| Suleiman Frangieh | 26 Oct 2000 | 26 Oct 2004 |
| Mohammad Khalifeh | 26 Oct 2004 | 13 Jan 2011 |
| Position vacant | 13 Jan 2011 | 13 Jun 2011 |
| Ali Hassan Khalil | 13 Jun 2011 | 15 Feb 2014 |
| Wael Abou Faour | 15 Feb 2014 | 18 Dec 2016 |
| Ghassan Hasbani | 18 Dec 2016 | 31 Jan 2019 |
| Jamil Jabak | 31 Jan 2019 | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Hamad Hasan | 21 Jan 2020 | 10 Sep 2021 |
| Firass Abiad | 10 Sep 2021 | Incumbent |
See also
Notes
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of National Defense.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Education.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice.
- ^ Did not submit a ministerial statement to Parliament.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Finance.
- ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Interior and Municipalities.
- Resigned 14 June 1973. Their resignation was accepted on 8 July 1973.
- Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice until June 1975.
- Died while in office, 29 August 1984.
- Resigned 10 August 2020, but remained in office as caretaker minister.
References
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- ^ "Partner - Ministry of Public Health Lebanon". data.unhcr.org. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- "Ministry of Public Health (Lebanon) | GHDx". ghdx.healthdata.org. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- Inskeep, Steve (September 20, 2024). "Lebanese health minister discusses his country's response to pager explosions". NPR. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- emhj. "The primary healthcare network in Lebanon: a national facility assessment". World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- "Lebanon Primary Health Care Network in Urgent Need of Fuel Support (March 2022) - Lebanon | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- "Health Facility Locator". www.moph.gov.lb. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
