Ministry of Information (Lebanon)

The Ministry of Information is the ministry responsible for the distribution of information in Lebanon.^[1]

List of Information ministers

Minister	Term of office
Bassem Sabeh[2]	Nov 1996	Dec 1998
Ghazi Aridi[3][4][5]	28 Oct 2000	2003
	19 Jul 2005	2008
Melhem Antoun Riachy[6]	18 Dec 2016	06 May 2018
Jamal Al-Jarrah[7]	31 Jan 2019	21 Jan 2020
Manal Abdel Samad[8]	21 Jan 2020	09 Aug 2020
George Kurdahi[9]	10 Sep 2021	03 Dec 2021
Abbas Halabi	03 Dec 2021	10 Mar 2022
Ziad Makary[10]	10 Mar 2022	Incumbent

References

1. Yitzhak Oron, Ed. (1961). Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961. The Moshe Dayan Center. pp. 413–. GGKEY:4Q1FXYK79X8. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
2. Who's Who in Lebanon (19th ed.). Beirut: Publitec Publications. 2007. p. 298. doi:10.1515/9783110945904.476. ISBN 978-3-598-07734-0.
3. "LEBANON - Oct. 26 - Hariri Forms Govt". APS Diplomat Recorder. Arab Press Service. 28 October 2000. Retrieved 24 January 2020 – via The Free Library.
4. Paraipan, Manuela (23 September 2007). "Interview with Ghazi Aridi, Lebanon's Minister of Information". World Security Network. Archived from the original on July 16, 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
5. "Profiles: Lebanon's new government". Lebanonwire. 12 July 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
6. "Minister of Information". Lebanese Ministry of Information. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
7. "Lebanese minister, two ex-ministers could face corruption trial". euronews.com. 12 September 2019.
8. Naharnet Newsdesk (21 January 2020). "New Lebanese Government Formed after 3 Months of Political Vacuum". Naharnet. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
9. "Lebanon's information minister quits to ease Saudi dispute". Reuters. 2021-12-03. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
10. "Cabinet drops megacenters for May elections, appoints new information minister". L'Orient Today. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-04-22.

External links

• Official website