Backgrounder: Lebanon's new cabinet line-up
www.chinaview.cn 2008-07-12 00:14:46   Print

    BEIRUT, July 11 (Xinhua) -- 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

Editor: Mu Xuequan
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