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Yarze, Baabda, Mount Lebanon Samir Moqbel, Minister of National Defense
Jean Kahwaji, chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces
Emir Majid Arslan, inaugural holder |
The Ministry of National Defense (Arabic: وزارة الدفاع الوطني Wizārat al-Difāʾ al-Waṭanī) is Lebanon's service section for the Lebanese Armed Forces which directs the entire Army. The Ministry is located in Yarzeh, Baabda District, Mount Lebanon. The building which is considered the biggest Ministry building in Lebanon was designed by the French architect André Wogenscky in 1968. The ministry building also houses the Lebanese Military Museum.
September 25, 1943 - January 9, 1945, Prince Majid Arslan
January 9, 1945 - August 22, 1945, Abed al-Hamid Karami
August 22, 1945 - May 22, 1946, Ahmed al-Asaad
May 22, 1946 - February 14, 1951, Prince Majid Arslan
February 14, 1951 - June 7, 1951, Hussein el Awaeyne
June 7, 1951 - February 2, 1952, Rashid Baydoun
February 2, 1952 - September 9, 1952, Prince Majid Arslan
September 9, 1952 - September 14, 1952, Nazem Aakare
September 14, 1952 - September 18, 1952, Saeb Salam
September 18, 1952 - September 30, 1952, Fuad Chehab
September 30, 1952 - April 30, 1953, Khaled Chehab
April 30, 1953 - August 16, 1953, Saeb Salam
August 16, 1953 - March 1, 1954, Abdallah El-Yafi
March 1, 1954 - November 18, 1956, Prince Majid Arslan
November 18, 1956 - March 1, 1957, Fuad Chehab
March 1, 1957 - August 18, 1957, Sami as-Solh
August 18, 1957 - March 14, 1958, Prince Majid Arslan
March 14, 1958 - May 22, 1958, Rashid Baydoun
May 22, 1958 - September 24, 1958, Sami as-Solh
September 24, 1958 - May 14, 1960, Rashid Karami
May 14, 1960 - August 1, 1960, *August 1, 1960 - May 20, 1961, Prince Majid Arslan
May 20, 1961 - October 31, 1961, Saeb Salam
October 31, 1961 - February 20, 1964, Prince Majid Arslan
February 20, 1964 - November 18, 1964, Hussein el-Awaeyne
November 18, 1964 - July 25, 1965, Rashid Karami
July 25, 1965 - April 9, 1966, *April 9, 1966 - December 6, 1966, *December 6, 1966 - February 8, 1968, Badre al-Maaouche
February 8, 1968 - July 5, 1968, Abdallah El-Yafi
July 5, 1968 - October 12, 1968, Rashid Baydoun
October 12, 1968 - October 20, 1968, Prince Majid Arslan
October 20, 1968 - January 15, 1969, Hussein el-Awaeyne
January 15, 1969 - October 13, 1970, Prince Majid Arslan
October 13, 1970 - October 13, 1970, Edward Souma
October 13, 1970 - May 27, 1972, Elias Saba
May 27, 1972 - April 25, 1973, Prince Majid Arslan
April 25, 1973 - July 8, 1973, Fouad Ghosn
July 8, 1973 - October 31, 1974, Nasre al-Maalouf
October 31, 1974 - May 23, 1975, Joseph Skaff
May 23, 1975 - July 1, 1975, *July 1, 1975 - September 15, 1976, Rashid Karami
September 15, 1976 - December 9, 1976, Camille Chamoun
December 9, 1976 - December 20, 1978, *December 20, 1978 - July 16, 1979, Victor Khoury
July 16, 1979 - July 10, 1982, Joseph Skaff
July 10, 1982 - April 30, 1984, Issam Khoury
April 30, 1984 - September 22, 1988, Adil Osseiran
September 22, 1988 - November 25, 1989, Michel Aoun
November 25, 1989 - December 24, 1990, Michel Murr
December 24, 1990 - October 31, 1992, Michel Murr
October 31, 1992 - December 4, 1998, Mohsen Dalloul
December 4, 1998 - October 26, 2000, Ghazi Zaiter
October 26, 2000 - April 17, 2003, Khalil Hrawi
April 17, 2003 - October 26, 2004, Mahmoud Hammoud
October 26, 2004 - April 19, 2005, Abdul Rahim Mourad
April 19, 2005 – June 13, 2011, Elias Murr
June 13, 2011 – February 14, 2014 Fayez Ghosn
February 14, 2014–Present Samir Moqbel
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