Second Cabinet of Fouad Siniora

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This is the list of the Lebanese government that was formed by Fouad Siniora on 11 July 2008.^[1] In the cabinet, the opposition had eleven of the thirty seats.^[2]

Composition

Lebanese government of July 2008
Portfolio	Minister	Political affiliation	Religious Sect
President Emile Lahoud's Share (3/30)
Minister of Interior	Ziad Baroud	Independent	Maronite
Minister of Defense	Elias Murr	Independent	Greek Orthodox
Minister of State	Joe Takla	Independent	Greek Catholic
March 14 Alliance (16/30)
Prime Minister	Fouad Siniora	Future Movement	Sunni
Minister of Finance	Mohammad Chatah	Future Movement	Sunni
Minister of Education	Bahia Hariri	Future Movement	Sunni
Minister of Culture	Tammam Salam	Future Movement	Sunni
Minister of State	Khaled Kabbani	Future Movement	Sunni
Minister of Information	Tarek Mitri	Future Movement	Greek Orthodox
State Minister	Jean Ogassapian	Future Movement	Armenian Catholic
Minister of Public Works	Ghazi Aridi	Progressive Socialist Party	Druze
Minister of State	Wael Abou Faour	Progressive Socialist Party	Druze
Minister of Environment	Antoine Karam	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Minister of Justice	Tarek Mitri	Lebanese Forces	Greek Orthodox
Minister of Tourism	Elie Marouni	Kataeb Party	Maronite
Minister of State	Nassib Lahoud	Democratic Renewal	Maronite
Minister of Economy and Trade	Mohammad Safadi	Tripoli Bloc	Sunni
Minister of Displaced	Raymond Audi	Independent	Greek Catholic
Minister of State	Ibrahim Chamseddine	Independent	Shia
March 8 Alliance (11/30)
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of State	Issam Abu Jamra	Free Patriotic Movement	Greek Orthodox
Minister of Telecommunications	Gebran Bassil	Free Patriotic Movement	Maronite
Minister of Social Affairs	Mario Aoun	Free Patriotic Movement	Maronite
Minister of Public Health	Mohammad Khalifeh	Amal Movement	Shia
Minister of Industry	Ghazi Zeaiter	Amal Movement	Shia
Minister of Labor	Muhammad Fneish	Hezbollah	Shia
Minister of Youth and Sports	Talal Arslan	Lebanese Democratic Party	Druze
Minister of Energy and Water	Alain Tabourian	ARF	Armenian Orthodox
Minister of Agriculture	Elias Skaff	Popular Bloc	Greek Catholic
Minister of State	Ali Qanso	Syrian Social Nationalist Party	Shia
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Fawzi Salloukh	Independent	Shia

Preceded by

Lebanese government of July 2005

List of Lebanese governments

Succeeded by

Lebanese government of November 2009

References

^ "Profiles: Lebanon's new government". Lebanon Wire. 12 July 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
^ David S. Sorenson (12 November 2009). Global Security Watch—Lebanon: A Reference Handbook: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-313-36579-9. Retrieved 16 January 2013.

Sources

National Unity Government

v t e Governments of Lebanon
Charles Debbas	Auguste Adib I • Bechara Khoury I • Bechara Khoury II • Habib Saad • Bechara Khoury III • Émile Eddé • Auguste Adib II
Habib Pacha Saad	Administrative Council
Émile Eddé	Khayreddin Ahdab I • Khayreddin Ahdab II • Khayreddin Ahdab III • Khayreddin Ahdab IV • Khayreddin Ahdab V • Khaled Chehab I • Abdallah Yafi I • Abdallah Yafi II
Alfred Naqqache	Ahmad Daouk I • Sami Solh I
Ayoub Tabet	Ayoub Tabet
Bechara Khoury	Riad Solh I • Riad Solh II • Abdul Hamid Karami • Sami Solh II • Saadi Munla • Riad Solh III • Riad Solh IV • Riad Solh V • Riad Solh VI • Hussein Oweini I • Abdallah Yafi III • Sami Solh III • Nazem Akkari • Saeb Salam I • Fuad Chehab Military
Camille Chamoun	Khaled Chehab II • Saeb Salam II • Abdallah Yafi IV • Abdallah Yafi V • Sami Solh IV • Sami Solh V • Rashid Karami I • Abdallah Yafi VI • Abdallah Yafi VII • Sami Solh VI • Sami Solh VII • Sami Solh VIII
Fuad Chehab	Rashid Karami II • Rashid Karami III • Ahmad Daouk II • Saeb Salam III • Saeb Salam IV • Rashid Karami IV • Hussein Oweini II
Charles Helou	Hussein Oweini III • Hussein Oweini IV • Rashid Karami V • Abdallah Yafi VIII • Rashid Karami VI • Abdallah Yafi IX • Abdallah Yafi X • Abdallah Yafi XI • Rashid Karami VII • Rashid Karami VIII
Suleiman Frangieh	Saeb Salam V • Saeb Salam VI • Amin Hafez • Takieddin Solh • Rachid Solh I • Nureddin Rifai • Rashid Karami IX
Élias Sarkis	Selim Hoss I • Selim Hoss II • Shafik Wazzan I
Amine Gemayel	Shafik Wazzan II • Rashid Karami X • Michel Aoun Military
Elias Hrawi	Selim Hoss III • Omar Karami I • Rachid Solh II • Rafic Hariri I • Rafic Hariri II • Rafic Hariri III
Émile Lahoud	Selim Hoss IV • Rafic Hariri IV • Rafic Hariri V • Omar Karami II • Najib Mikati I • Fouad Siniora I • Fouad Siniora II
Michel Suleiman	Saad Hariri I • Najib Mikati II • Tammam Salam
Michel Aoun	Saad Hariri II • Saad Hariri III • Hassan Diab • Najib Mikati III