The first government under President Joseph Aoun was announced on Saturday from the presidential palace in Baabda, after the signature of decrees accepting the resignation of caretaker Prime minister Najib Mikati’s cabinet and instating the new 24-member council of ministers under Judge Nawaf Salam.
Cabinet Secretary General Mahmoud Makkiyeh read out the decrees forming the government in accordance with official and constitutional procedures.
The new government includes:
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam
Deputy Prime Minister: Tarek Mitri
Minister of Foreign Affairs : Youssef Raji
Minister of Finance : Yassine Jaber
Minister of the Interior : Ahmad Hajjar
Minister of Public Health : Rakan Nassereddine
Minister of Labor : Mohammad Haidar
Minister of Culture : Ghassan Salameh
Minister of Defense: Michel Menassa
Minister of Energy : Joe Saddi
Minister of Communications: Charles Hajj
Minister of Tourism: Laura Lahoud
Minister of Information: Paul Morcos
Minister of Industry: Joe Issa el-Khoury
Minister of Agriculture : Nizar Hani
Minister of Social Affairs: Hanin Sayyed
Minister of Environment: Tamara el-Zein
State Minister in charge of administrative Development: Fadi Makki
Minister of Youth and Sports: Nora Bayrakdarian
Minister of Education: Rima Karameh
Minister of Justice: Adel Nassar
Minister of the Displaced and State Minister for Technology and Artificial Intelligence: Kamal Chehadeh
Minister of Public Works : Fayez Rassamni
Minister of Economy: Amer Bissat
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, in a statement following the announcement of his government, said the government's mission was to carry out reforms and reconstruction, ensure security and the implementation of Resolution 1701, and withdrawal of Israeli forces.
Earlier, Salam arrived at the presidential palace for talks with President Joseph Aoun on the latest developments in the negotiations to form the future government. They were later joined by the Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri.
This is the sixth time that Salam has visited Baabda, after several unsuccessful attempts to get his government approved, which have mainly stumbled over the personality to be appointed to the fifth ministry allocated to the Shiite community. Berri, had rejected the names proposed previously by the Head of State and the Prime Minister-designate.
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