Ministry of Public Health (Lebanon)

Lebanese Republic
Ministry of Public Health
وزارة الصحّة العامة
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Lebanon
Minister responsible
  • Rakan Nassereddine
Agency executive
  • Minister of Public Health
Websitemoph.gov.lb

The Ministry of Public Health (Arabic: وزارة الصحّة العامة) is a ministry of the government of the Republic of Lebanon.[1][2] As of 2025, the Minister of Health is Rakan Nassereddine.[3]

The ministry's Department of Primary Healthcare operates over 200 primary health care centres across Lebanon.[4][5] The ministry operates a network of 31 government-operated hospitals.[6]

Its headquarters are in Bir Hassan, in the Jnah neighborhood of the capital city Beirut.[1]

Ministers

Minister Term of office
Majid Arslan[a] 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[a] 22 May 1946 14 Dec 1946
Elias Khoury[b] 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[c] 14 Feb 1951 7 Jun 1951
Bahij Taq-al-Din 7 Jun 1951 11 Feb 1952
Majid Arslan[a] 11 Feb 1952 9 Sep 1952
Basil Trad[b][d] 9 Sep 1952 18 Sep 1952
Nazem Akkari[b][e] 18 Sep 1952 30 Sep 1952
Salim Haidar[b] 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[c] 16 Sep 1954 9 Jul 1955
Gabriel Murr[c] 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[d] 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[f] 20 May 1961 31 Oct 1961
Ali Bazze 31 Oct 1961 20 Feb 1964
Mohamed Knio[e] 20 Feb 1964 18 Nov 1964
Yacoub Sarraf 18 Nov 1964 25 Jul 1965
Mohamed Knio[g] 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[e][g] 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[h] 25 Apr 1973 8 Jul 1973
Ousman Dana 8 Jul 1973 30 Oct 1974
Majid Arslan 30 Oct 1974 23 May 1975
Nureddine Rifai[d][i] 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[e][j] 30 Apr 1984 29 Aug 1984
Joseph Hashem[e] 29 Aug 1984 22 Sep 1988
Edgar Maalouf[f] 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[k] 21 Jan 2020 10 Sep 2021
Firass Abiad[l] 10 Sep 2021 8 Feb 2025
Rakan Nassereddine 8 Feb 2025 Incumbent

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Served simultaneously as Minister of National Defense.
  2. ^ a b c d Served simultaneously as Minister of Education.
  3. ^ a b c Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice.
  4. ^ a b c Did not submit a ministerial statement to Parliament.
  5. ^ a b c d e Served simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications.
  6. ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of Finance.
  7. ^ a b Served simultaneously as Minister of Interior and Municipalities.
  8. ^ Resigned 14 June 1973. Their resignation was accepted on 8 July 1973.
  9. ^ Served simultaneously as Minister of Justice until June 1975.
  10. ^ Died while in office.
  11. ^ Resigned 10 August 2020, but remained in office as caretaker minister.
  12. ^ Resigned 30 October 2022, but remained in office as caretaker minister.

References

  1. ^ a b "Partner - Ministry of Public Health Lebanon". data.unhcr.org. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  2. ^ "Ministry of Public Health (Lebanon) | GHDx". ghdx.healthdata.org. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  3. ^ "الوكالة الوطنية للإعلام - Names of new Cabinet Ministers". National News Agency. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  4. ^ emhj. "The primary healthcare network in Lebanon: a national facility assessment". World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  5. ^ "Lebanon Primary Health Care Network in Urgent Need of Fuel Support (March 2022) - Lebanon | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  6. ^ "Health Facility Locator". www.moph.gov.lb. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
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