Lebanese government of July 2005

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This is the list of the Lebanese government that was formed by Fouad Siniora on 19 July 2005 after the general elections of 2005, who was appointed by then president Émile Lahoud. All the main political blocs were included in it except for the Free Patriotic Movement-led bloc headed by General Michel Aoun. Hezbollah were firstly represented in this cabinet.^[1]

The legality of the government was questioned when five Shia members left in November 2006. The reason for their resignation was Siniora's eagerness to sign the UN draft plan for the foundation of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which would search the assassination of Rafik Hariri, who was killed on 14 February 2005.^[2]

On 24 November 2007, the government became an interim one following the end of the president's mandate. A new government shall be formed following the election of a new president.

Portfolio	Minister	Political affiliation [1]
Maronite Christians
Jihad Azour	Finance	Future Movement (pro-Hariri [2])
Charles Rizk	Justice	Independent (was pro-Lahoud) [3]
Nayla Moawad	Social Affairs	Qornet Shehwan Gathering [4]
Pierre Amine Gemayel (Assassinated on 21 November 2006)	Industry	Kataeb [4]
Joseph Sarkis	Tourism	Lebanese Forces [5]
Eastern Orthodox Christians
Tarek Mitri	Culture	Independent (was pro-Lahoud)
Yacoub Sarraf (resigned on November 11, 2006)	Environment	pro-Lahoud
Elias Murr	Deputy Prime Minister and defence	Independent (was pro-Lahoud)
Greek Catholics
Michel Pharaon	Minister of State	Future Movement (pro-Hariri)
Nehme Tohmé	Refugees	Progressive Socialist Party [6]
Armenian Orthodox Christian
Jean Oghassabian	Administrative Reforms	Future Movement (pro-Hariri)
Protestant
Sami Haddad	Economy and Trade	Future Movement (pro-Hariri)
Sunni Muslims
Fouad Siniora (considered resigned on 25 May 2008 because of the election of a new President)	Prime Minister	Future Movement (pro-Hariri)
Hassan Sabeh	Interior	Future Movement (pro-Hariri)
Ahmad Fatfat	Youth and Sport	Future Movement (pro-Hariri)
Khaled Kabbani	Education	Future Movement (pro-Hariri)
Mohammad Safadi	Transport and Public Buildings	Future Movement (pro-Hariri)
Shiite Muslims
Fawzi Salloukh (resigned on 11 November 2006)	Foreign Affairs	Independent (Hezbollah-endorsed)
Muhammad Fneish (resigned on 11 November 2006)	Energy and Water	Hezbollah [7]
Trad Hamadeh (resigned on 11 November 2006)	Labour	Hezbollah
Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh (resigned on 11 November 2006)	Health	Amal Movement [8]
Talal Sahili (resigned on 11 November 2006)	Agriculture	Amal Movement
Druzes
Marwan Hamadeh	Telecommunications	Progressive Socialist Party
Ghazi Aridi	Information	Progressive Socialist Party
Notes: [1] Political affiliation: Ministers may or may not be formal members of the parties and movements named, but are generally regarded as affiliated in some way. [2] The Future Movement, led by Saad Hariri, is part of a larger coalition called the March 14 Alliance, which also includes the Qornet Shehwan Gathering, the Progressive Socialist Party, and the Lebanese Forces. [3] Supporters of former pro-Syrian President Émile Lahoud. Most of them de facto defected to March 14 Alliance when Hizbollah, Amal and Lahoud ordered their ministers to resign and Mitri, Murr and Rizk refused to resign. [4] The Qornet Shehwan Gathering is an anti-Syrian Christian coalition of the Kataeb Party, led by former President Amine Gemayel, the National Liberal Party, led by Dory Chamoun, and a number of other Christian-led parties. The Qornet Shehwan Gathering claimed Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, the Maronite Patriarch as its leader. [5] Lebanese Forces, right-wing anti-Syrian movement led by Samir Geagea, who was imprisoned for about a decade prior to his release on 26 July 2005. [6] Progressive Socialist Party - led by Walid Jumblatt. [7] Hezbollah, pro-Iranian and pro-Syrian Shiite party led by Hassan Nasrallah. [8] Amal Movement, pro-Syrian party led by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Nabih Berri.

References

↑ Knudsen, Are (2007). "The Law, the Loss and the Lives of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon" (PDF). CMI 1. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
↑ Khashan, Hilal (Winter 2011). "Saad Hariri's Moment of Truth". Middle East Quarterly. XVIII (1): 65-71. Retrieved 11 March 2013.

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