Ministry of Justice (Lebanon)

Lebanese Republic
Ministry of Justice
وزارة العدل
Emblem of this ministry.
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Lebanon
Headquarters
  • Sami Solh Street, Adlieh Area, Beirut
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Minister of Justice
Websitewww.justice.gov.lb

The Ministry of Justice of Lebanon (Arabic: وزارة العدل) is a ministry of the Lebanese government responsible for the administration and organization of the judiciary, oversight of the application of laws, preparation of draft legislation, and representation of the Lebanese state before courts. Its institutional origins date back to the establishment of Greater Lebanon under the French Mandate in 1920, and its current structure is governed primarily by Legislative Decree No. 151 of 1983, which remains in force.

Research on the archives of Lebanon’s Court of Cassation has shown that judicial records are preserved across multiple administrative sites and have been subject to damage, dispersal, and later efforts at reorganization, reflecting the material challenges of maintaining legal continuity in the aftermath of conflict.[1]

List of Justice ministers

The following is a list of Heads of justice administration in Lebanon:[2]

Minister Term of office
Charles Dabbas 01 Sep 1920 May 1926
Najib Kabbani May 1926 May 1927
Choucri Cardahi May 1927 May 1928
Bechara El Khoury May 1928 Aug 1928
Najib Sawan Aug 1928
Choucri Cardahi Aug 1928 May 1929
Najib Sawan May 1929 Mar 1930
Ahmed al-Husseiny Mar 1930 Jul 1931
Auguste Pacha Jul 1931 May 1932
Sami Al Khoury May 1932 Jan 1937
Khayreddin al-Ahdab Jan 1937 Mar 1938
Khaled Chehab Mar 1938 Nov 1938
Abdallah El-Yafi Nov 1938 Dec 1941
Philippe Boulos Dec 1941 Jul 1942
Ahmed al-Husseiny Jul 1942 Mar 1943
Ayoub Tabet Mar 1943 Sep 1943
Habib Abu Shahla Sep 1943 Jan 1945
Salim Habib Takla Jan 1945
Henri Pharaoun Jan 1945 22 Aug 1945
Saadi Al Munla 22 Aug 1945 22 May 1946
Ahmed al-Husseiny 22 May 1946 Dec 1946
Abdallah El-Yafi Dec 1946 Jul 1948
Riad Al Solh Jul 1948 01 Oct 1949
Charles Helou 01 Oct 1949 14 Feb 1951
Boulos Fayyad[a][b] 14 Feb 1951 07 Jun 1951
Rashid Karami 07 Jun 1951 11 Feb 1952
Fouad Al-Khoury 11 Feb 1952 09 Sep 1952
Basil Trad[a][c] 09 Sep 1952 18 Sep 1952
Khaled Chehab[d] 18 Sep 1952 30 Sep 1952
Mousa Mubarak[e] 30 Sep 1952 30 Apr 1953
Muhieddin Al-Nasali 30 Apr 1953 16 Aug 1953
Bashir Al Awar[e] 16 Aug 1953 01 Mar 1954
Alfred Naqqache[f] 01 Mar 1954 16 Sep 1954
Charles Helou[b] 16 Sep 1954 09 Jul 1955
Gabriel Murr[b] 09 Jul 1955 19 Sep 1955
Fouad Ghosn 19 Sep 1955 19 Mar 1956
Salim Lahoud 19 Mar 1956 08 Jun 1956
Alfred Naqqache 09 Jun 1956 Nov 1956
Sami Solh[g] Nov 1956 03 Jan 1957
Emile Dawood Tian 03 Jan 1957 18 Aug 1957
Sami Solh 18 Aug 1957 14 Mar 1958
Bashir Al Awar 14 Mar 1958 24 Sep 1958
Yousef Al-Suda[d] 24 Sep 1958 Oct 1958
Hussein Al Oweini Oct 1958
Philippe Takla[a] Oct 1958 14 May 1960
Gibran Nahas[h] 14 May 1960 01 Aug 1960
Nasim Majdalani 01 Aug 1960 20 May 1961
Philippe Boulos[a] 20 May 1961 31 Oct 1961
Fouad Boutros 31 Oct 1961 20 Feb 1964
Gibran Nahas 20 Feb 1964 Jul 1965
Emile Dawood Tian Jul 1965 Nov 1965
Nasim Majdalani Nov 1965 Apr 1966
Philippe Takla[f] Apr 1966 06 Dec 1966
Fouad Rizk 06 Dec 1966 08 Feb 1968
Rashid Baydoun[e] 08 Feb 1968 Oct 1968
Majid Arslan Oct 1968 15 Jan 1969
Shafik Wazzan 15 Jan 1969 25 Nov 1969
Adel Osseiran 25 Nov 1969 13 Oct 1970
Jamil Rachid Kabbi 13 Oct 1970 27 May 1972
Bashir Al Awar 27 May 1972 25 Apr 1973
Kazem al-Khalil[i] 25 Apr 1973 May 1975
Nureddine Rifai[b][d][j] May 1975 Jun 1975
Position vacant Jun 1975 09 Dec 1976
Farid Raphaël[e][k] 09 Dec 1976 16 Jul 1979
Youssef Gebran 16 Jul 1979 25 Oct 1980
Khatchig Babikian 25 Oct 1980 08 Oct 1982
Roger Shaikhani 08 Oct 1982 29 Apr 1984
Nabih Berri 29 Apr 1984 22 Sep 1988
Lotfi Jaber 22 Sep 1988 25 Nov 1989
Edmond Rizk 25 Nov 1989 16 May 1992
Nasri Maalouf[f] 16 May 1992 30 Oct 1992
Bahij Tabbara 31 Oct 1992 24 Dec 1998
Joseph Shaoul 24 Dec 1998 23 Oct 2000
Samir Jisr[l] 23 Oct 2000 26 Oct 2004
Adnan Addoum 26 Oct 2004 19 Apr 2005
Khaled Qabbani 19 Apr 2005 19 Jul 2005
Charles Rizk 19 Jul 2005 21 Jul 2008
Ibrahim Najjar 22 Jul 2008 13 Jun 2011
Shakib Qortbawi 13 Jun 2011 15 Feb 2014
Ashraf Rifi[m] 15 Feb 2014 21 Feb 2016
Position vacant 21 Feb 2016 18 Dec 2016
Salim Jreissati 18 Dec 2016 31 Jan 2019
Albert Serhan 31 Jan 2019 21 Jan 2020
Marie-Claude Najm[n] 21 Jan 2020 10 Sep 2021
Henry Khoury[o] 10 Sep 2021 8 Feb 2025
Adel Nassar 8 Feb 2025 Incumbent

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Served simultaneously as Minister of Economy and Trade.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Served simultaneously as Minister of Public Health.
  3. ↑ Their task was to hold parliamentary elections, and no ministerial statement was submitted.
  4. 1 2 3 Did not present themselves in front of Parliament and did not submit a ministerial statement.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Served simultaneously as Minister of Telecommunications.
  6. 1 2 3 Served simultaneously as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  7. ↑ Served simultaneously as Minister of Interior and Municipalities.
  8. ↑ Served simultaneously as Minister of Education.
  9. ↑ Appointed in April 1973, but did not submit a ministerial statement to Parliament. Reappointed in July 1973.
  10. ↑ Resigned June 1975.
  11. ↑ Served simultaneously as Minister of Finance.
  12. ↑ Served simultaneously as Minister of Education from 17 April 2003 to 26 October 2004.
  13. ↑ Resigned 21 February 2016.
  14. ↑ Resigned 10 August 2020, but remained in office as caretaker minister.
  15. ↑ Resigned 30 October 2022, but remained in office as caretaker minister.

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Mikdashi, Maya (2022). Sextarianism : Sovereignty, Secularism, and the State in Lebanon. Redwood City: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1503628878.
  2. ↑ Lebanese Ministry of Justice 2025.

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