Ministry of Economy and Trade (Lebanon)

Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET; Arabic: وزارة الأقتصاد والتجارة)[1] is a governmental ministry of Lebanon, headquartered on the 5th floor of the Azarieh Building in Beirut.[2]

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Since 10 September 2021, the ministry has been led by Amin Salam as Minister of Economy and Trade.

List of Economy and Trade ministers
No.[lower-alpha 1] MOET Prime Minister Term of office
1 Adel Osseiran Riad Al Solh 25 Sep 1943 02 Jul 1944
2 Riad Al Solh[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] 03 Jul 1944 09 Jan 1945
3 Jamil Talhouk[lower-alpha 2] Abdul Karami 09 Jan 1945 22 Aug 1945
4 Sami as-Solh[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 4] Sami as-Solh 22 Aug 1945 22 May 1946
5 Saadi Al Munla Saadi Al Munla 22 May 1946 14 Dec 1946
6 Kamal Jumblat Riad Solh 14 Dec 1946 07 Jun 1947
7 Sleiman Nawfal 07 Jun 1947 26 Jul 1948
8 Philippe Takla[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 5] 26 Jul 1948 01 Oct 1949
9 Philippe Takla 01 Oct 1949 14 Feb 1951
10 Boulos Fayyad Hussein Al Oweini 14 Feb 1951 07 Jun 1951
11 Philippe Takla[lower-alpha 6] Abdallah Yafi 07 Jun 1951 11 Feb 1952
12 Sleiman Al Ali Sami as-Solh 11 Feb 1952 09 Sep 1952
13 Basil Trad[lower-alpha 7] Nazem Akkari 09 Sep 1952 14 Sep 1952
Saeb Salam 14 Sep 1952 18 Sep 1952
14 Basil Trad[lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 7] Fuad Chehab 18 Sep 1952 30 Sep 1952
15 George Hakim[lower-alpha 6] Khaled Shehab 30 Sep 1952 30 Apr 1953
16 George Hakim[lower-alpha 8] Saeb Salam 30 Apr 1953 16 Aug 1953
17 Rashid Karami Abdallah Yafi 16 Aug 1953 01 Mar 1954
18 01 Mar 1954 16 Sep 1954
19 Sami as-Solh 16 Sep 1954 09 Jul 1955
20 09 Jul 1955 19 Sep 1955
21 Nazih Al Bizri Rashid Karami 19 Sep 1955 19 Mar 1956
22 George Hakim[lower-alpha 9] Abdallah Yafi 19 Mar 1956 08 Jun 1956
23 George Karam[lower-alpha 6] 09 Jun 1956 18 Nov 1956
24 Nasri Maalouf[lower-alpha 6] Sami as-Solh 18 Nov 1956 18 Aug 1957
25 Kazem al-Khalil 18 Aug 1957 14 Mar 1958
26 Kazem al-Khalil[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 10] 14 Mar 1958 24 Sep 1958
27 Charles Helou[lower-alpha 7] 24 Sep 1958 14 Oct 1958
28 Philippe Takla Rashid Karami 14 Oct 1958 14 May 1960
29 Philippe Takla[lower-alpha 11] Ahmad Daouk 14 May 1960 01 Aug 1960
30 Sleiman Al Ali Saeb Salam 01 Aug 1960 20 May 1961
31 Philippe Boulos 20 May 1961 31 Oct 1961
32 Rafic Naja Rashid Karami 31 Oct 1961 20 Feb 1964
33 Fouad Ammoun Hussein Al Oweini 20 Feb 1964 25 Sep 1964
34 Joseph Najjar 25 Sep 1964 18 Nov 1964
35 Bahij Takieddine 18 Nov 1964 25 Jul 1965
36 Rafic Naja Rashid Karami 25 Jul 1965 09 Apr 1966
37 Sobhi Mahmassani[lower-alpha 12] Abdallah Yafi 09 Apr 1966 06 Dec 1966
38 Said Hamadeh Rashid Karami 06 Dec 1966 08 Feb 1968
39 Edward Honein Abdallah Yafi 08 Feb 1968 12 Oct 1968
40 Nasri Maalouf[lower-alpha 13] 12 Oct 1968 20 Oct 1968
41 Hussein Al Oweini 20 Oct 1968 15 Jan 1969
42 Nassim Majdalani Rashid Karami 15 Jan 1969 25 Nov 1969
43 Suleiman Frangieh[lower-alpha 14] /
Nassim Majdalani[lower-alpha 8]		 25 Nov 1969 13 Oct 1970
44 Saeb Jaroudi Saeb Salam 13 Oct 1970 27 May 1972
45 Anwar Al Sabbah 27 May 1972 25 Apr 1973
46 Bahij Tabbara[lower-alpha 15][lower-alpha 16] Amin Hafez 25 Apr 1973 08 Jul 1973
47 Nazih Al Bizri Takieddine Solh 08 Jul 1973 30 Oct 1974
48 Abbas Khalaf Rachid Solh 31 Oct 1974 22 May 1975
49 Fawzi Al Khatib[lower-alpha 17] Nureddine Rifai 22 May 1975 01 Jul 1975
50 Adel Osseiran /
George Skaff[lower-alpha 18]		 Rashid Karami 01 Jul 1975 09 Dec 1976
51 Selim al-Hoss Selim al-Hoss 09 Dec 1976 16 Jul 1979
52 Talal El Merhebi 16 Jul 1979 25 Oct 1980
53 Khaled Jumblat Shafik Wazzan 25 Oct 1980 08 Oct 1982
54 Ibrahim Halawi[lower-alpha 19] 08 Oct 1982 29 Apr 1984
55 Victor Kassir[lower-alpha 20] Rashid Karami 30 Apr 1984 22 Sep 1988
56 Issam Abu Jamra[lower-alpha 5] Michel Aoun 22 Sep 1988 25 Nov 1989
57 Nazih Al Bizri[lower-alpha 15] Selim al-Hoss 25 Nov 1989 23 Dec 1990
58 Marwan Hamadeh Omar Karami 24 Dec 1990 15 May 1992
59 Samir Makdasi Rashid al-Solh 16 May 1992 30 Oct 1992
60 Hagop Yarwant Demerjian Rafic Hariri 31 Oct 1992 25 May 1995
61 Yassine Jaber 25 May 1995 07 Nov 1996
62 07 Nov 1996 24 Dec 1998
63 Nasser Saidi Selim al-Hoss 24 Dec 1998 23 Oct 2000
64 Bassel Fleihan Rafic Hariri 23 Oct 2000 17 Apr 2003
65 Marwan Hamadeh 17 Apr 2003 21 Oct 2004
66 Adnan Kassar Omar Karami 26 Oct 2004 19 Apr 2005
67 Damianos Kattar[lower-alpha 6] Najib Mikati 19 Apr 2005 19 Jul 2005
68 Sami Haddad Fouad Siniora 19 Jul 2005 21 Jul 2008
69 Mohammad Safadi 22 Jul 2008 09 Nov 2009
70 Saad Hariri 10 Nov 2009 13 Jun 2011
71 Nicolas Nahas Najib Mikati 13 Jun 2011 15 Feb 2014
72 Alain Hakim Tammam Salam 15 Feb 2014 18 Dec 2016
73 Raed Khoury Saad Hariri 18 Dec 2016 31 Jan 2019
74 Monsour Bteish 31 Jan 2019 21 Jan 2020
75 Raoul Nehme Hassan Diab 21 Jan 2020 10 Sep 2021
76 Amin Salam Najib Mikati 10 Sep 2021 Incumbent

Notes
  1. Number of government cabinets since independence.
  2. Position titled as Minister of Supplies and Reserves.[3]
  3. Acted simultaneously as Minister of Interior and Municipalities.
  4. Acted simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications from 22 August 1945 until 9 April 1946.
  5. Acted simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications.
  6. Acted simultaneously as Minister of Finance.
  7. Did not present themselves in front of Parliament and did not submit a Ministerial Statement.
  8. Acted simultaneously as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  9. George Hakim was named Minister of Economy in March 1956.[4] The entire cabinet, except for Hakim and Public Works Minister Emile Boustany, resigned on 8 June 1956. By the time a newer cabinet had its first collective meeting on 9 June 1956, Hakim, who had been asked to stay on as economic minister, declined that position, instead choosing to return to his post as Lebanese minister to West Germany.[5] George Karam, a former minister, lumber importer and co-founder of Banque Nationale Foncière Commerciale et Industriale (BNCFI),[6] was offered two positions in the new cabinet, as Minister of Finance and Minister of Economy.
  10. Acted simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications from 23 May 1958 until 24 September 1958.
  11. Their task was to hold Parliamentary elections, and no Ministerial Statement was submitted.
  12. Position retitled as Minister of National Economy.
  13. Did not present themselves in front of Parliament, and submitted their resignation on 20 October 1968.
  14. After Suleiman Frangieh was elected President of Lebanon, Nassim Majdalani was appointed Minister of Economy to serve out the remainder of Frangieh's term.
  15. Position retitled as Minister of Economy and Trade.
  16. Did not present themselves in front of Parliament, and submitted their resignation on 14 June 1973. Their resignation was accepted 8 July 1973.
  17. Did not submit a Ministerial Statement to the Parliament.
  18. Ministerial portfolios were redistributed and George Skaff was appointed Minister of Economy.
  19. Position retitled as Minister of Economy, Trade & Tourism.
  20. Position retitled as Minister of Economy & Trade, & of Industry & Oil.

References
  1. "Avant-projet d'une loi sur la Communication, l'Ecriture et les Transactions Electroniques" (PDF). May 2005.
  2. "Contact Us." Ministry of Economy and Trade (Lebanon). Retrieved on 4 April 2019. "Lebanese Ministry of Economy & Trade - MOET Riyad El Soleh Street - Azarieh building - 5 floor"
  3. "About The Ministry and Minister: Previous Ministers". Ministry Of Economy & Trade, Republic of Lebanon. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  4. "Premier of Lebanon Forms New Cabinet". The New York Times. 20 March 1956.
  5. "New Beirut Cabinet Has Its First Meeting". The New York Times. 9 June 1956.
  6. Safieddine, Hicham (2015). Economic Sovereignty and the Fetters of Finance: The Making of Lebanon’s Central Bank (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). University Of Toronto. pp. 132–133.


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