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Backgrounder: Lebanon's new cabinet line-up |
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09:12, July 12, 2008 |
Lebanon finally formed a 30-member national unity government on Friday following a five-week wrangling over key portfolios.
The new cabinet consists 16 ministers of the Western-backed ruling majority, 11 allied with the Shiite Hezbollah-led opposition and the rest three named by President Michel Suleiman. Following is the lineup of the new cabinet:
Prime Minister: Fouad Seniora
Deputy Prime Minister: Issam Abou Jamra
Defense Minister: Elias Murr
Foreign Minister: Fawzi Saloukh
Interior Minister: Ziad Baroud
Finance Minister: Muhammad Shatah
State Minister: Yousef Takla
State Minister: Khaled Kabbani
State Minister: Wael Abu Faour
State Minister: Nasib Lahoud
State Minister: Ali Qanso
State Minister: Jean Ogassapian
Justice Minister: Ibrahim Najjar
Administration Development Minister: Ibrahim Shamseddine
Public Works and Transportation Minister: Ghazi Ariedy
Telecommunications Minister: Gebran Bassil
Economy and Trade Minister: Muhammad Safadi
Information Minister: Tareq Mitri
Culture Minister: Tammam Salam
Minister of Refugee Affairs: Raymond Audi
Environment Minister: Antoine Karam
Youth and Sports Minister: Talal Arslan
Industry Minister: Ghazi Zoayter
Education Minister: Bahia Hariri
Agriculture Minister: Elias Skaff
Health Minister: Mohammad Khalifa
Energy and Water Minister: Alan Toborian
Labor Minister: Mohammad Fneish
Minister for Social Affairs: Mario Aoun
Tourism Minister: Elie Maruni
Source: Xinhua
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