Second cabinet of Omar Karami

The Second cabinet of Omar Karami (26 October 2004 to 19 April 2005) was the 67th Lebanese cabinet, led by Prime Minister Omar Karami. The cabinet came after the collapse of the Fifth cabinet of Rafic Hariri resigned in the uproar following the parliamentary extension of the presidency of Émile Lahoud for three years. The Karami cabinet itself fell six months later during the Cedar Revolution, which was sparked by the assassination of Rafik Hariri, the previous prime minister.

Composition

The cabinet members were as follows:

Lebanese Government of October 2004
PortfolioMinisterPolitical affiliationReligious Sect
Prime Minister Omar Karami's Share (2/30)
Prime MinisterOmar Karami  Arab Liberation PartySunni
Minister of EducationAhmad Sami Minkara  IndependentSunni
Development and Liberation Bloc Share (3/30)
Minister of Social AffairsGhazi Zaiter  Amal MovementShia
Minister of HealthMohamad Jawad Khalifeh  Amal MovementShia
Minister of Public WorksYassine Jaber  Amal MovementShia
Syrian Social Nationalist Bloc Share (3/30)
Deputy Prime MinisterIssam Fares  SSNPGreek Orthodox
Minister of StateAlbert Mansour  SSNPGreek Catholic
Minister of StateMahmoud Abdel Khalek  SSNPDruze
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bloc Share (2/30)
Minister of Youth and SportsSebouh Hovnanian  Armenian Revolutionary FederationArmenian Orthodox
Minister of StateAlain Tabourian  Armenian Revolutionary FederationArmenian Orthodox
Pro-Syrian Ministers (9/30)
Minister of InteriorSuleiman Frangieh Jr.  Marada MovementMaronite
Minister of InformationElie Ferzli  IndependentGreek Orthodox
Minister of StateElias Skaff  Popular BlocGreek Catholic
Minister of DefenseAbdel Rahim Mrad  Union PartySunni
Minister of JusticeAdnan Addoum  IndependentSunni
Minister of LaborAssem Qanso  Arab Socialist Ba'ath PartyShia
Minister of Foreign Affairs and ExpatriatesMahmoud Hammoud  IndependentShia
Minister of DisplacedTalal Arslan  Lebanese Democratic PartyDruze
Minister of EnvironmentWiam Wahhab  IndependentsDruze
Independents (11/30)
Minister of TelecommunicationsJean Louis Cardahi  IndependentMaronite
Minister of TourismWadih El Khazen  IndependentMaronite
Minister of CultureNaji Boustani  IndependentMaronite
Minister for Administrative ReformIbrahim Daher  IndependentMaronite
Minister of StateYoussef Alameh  IndependentMaronite
Minister of FinanceElias Saba  IndependentGreek Orthodox
Minister of StateKaram Karam  IndependentGreek Orthodox
Minister of Energy and WaterMaurice Sehnaoui  IndependentGreek Catholic
Minister of EconomyAdnan Kassar  IndependentSunni
Minister of IndustryLeila Al Solh  IndependentSunni
Minister of State for Parliamentary AffairsWafaa Hamza  IndependentShia

See also

References

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