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.

PortfolioMinisterPolitical affiliation [1]
Maronite Christians
Jihad AzourFinanceFuture Movement (pro-Hariri [2])
Charles RizkJusticeIndependent (was pro-Lahoud) [3]
Nayla MoawadSocial AffairsQornet Shehwan Gathering [4]
Pierre Amine Gemayel (Assassinated on 21 November 2006)IndustryKataeb [4]
Joseph SarkisTourismLebanese Forces [5]
Eastern Orthodox Christians
Tarek MitriCultureIndependent (was pro-Lahoud)
Yacoub Sarraf (resigned on November 11, 2006)Environmentpro-Lahoud
Elias MurrDeputy Prime Minister and defenceIndependent (was pro-Lahoud)
Greek Catholics
Michel PharaonMinister of StateFuture Movement (pro-Hariri)
Nehme TohméRefugeesProgressive Socialist Party [6]
Armenian Orthodox Christian
Jean OghassabianAdministrative ReformsFuture Movement (pro-Hariri)
Protestant
Sami HaddadEconomy and TradeFuture Movement (pro-Hariri)
Sunni Muslims
Fouad Siniora (considered resigned on 25 May 2008 because of the election of a new President)Prime MinisterFuture Movement (pro-Hariri)
Hassan SabehInteriorFuture Movement (pro-Hariri)
Ahmad FatfatYouth and SportFuture Movement (pro-Hariri)
Khaled KabbaniEducationFuture Movement (pro-Hariri)
Mohammad SafadiTransport and Public BuildingsFuture Movement (pro-Hariri)
Shiite Muslims
Fawzi Salloukh (resigned on 11 November 2006)Foreign AffairsIndependent (Hezbollah-endorsed)
Muhammad Fneish (resigned on 11 November 2006)Energy and WaterHezbollah [7]
Trad Hamadeh (resigned on 11 November 2006)LabourHezbollah
Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh (resigned on 11 November 2006)HealthAmal Movement [8]
Talal Sahili (resigned on 11 November 2006)AgricultureAmal Movement
Druzes
Marwan HamadehTelecommunicationsProgressive Socialist Party
Ghazi AridiInformationProgressive Socialist Party
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References

  1. Knudsen, Are (2007). "The Law, the Loss and the Lives of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon" (PDF). CMI 1. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  2. 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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