Najib Miqati III government
The Miqati cabinet is the government of Lebanon under Prime Minister Najib Miqati since September 10, 2021 . It follows the government of Hassan Diab , which resigned as a result of the mass protests against the government following the explosion in Beirut on August 10, 2020, and the failed attempts of Mustapha Adib in August / September 2020 and then of Saad Hariri , a government for to form troubled Lebanon.
prehistory
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After several weeks of protests in Lebanon against corruption and mismanagement, Prime Minister Saad Hariri finally resigned as head of government and resigned in October 2019. After the protests continued in the country, talks about a new government dragged on until December 2019. Finally it was agreed that the university professor Hassan Diab should lead Lebanon out of the serious political crisis by taking over government. Under Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Diab was Minister of Education from 2011 to 2014. In January 2020, Prime Minister Hassan Diab succeeded in forming a government - but this was one that was rejected by the protest movement. Even if the Diab cabinet included "some capable technocrats", political observers were very skeptical that the new ministers would "act as a kind of shadow government for those who have been in power for years." the parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri from the Shiite Amal movement , who has been in office since 1992. In spring 2020 the corona crisis and the week-long restrictions exacerbated the economic and social situation in the country; Lebanon's new government promised to remedy the situation, but the economic decline continued and unemployment rose. Anger and despair also grew and drove people onto the streets again.
A few days after the devastating explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, protests, some of which were violent, broke out against the Diab government, which the protest movement held responsible for the causes of the detonations. During his visit to the capital, French President Emmanuel Macron promised help and at the same time called for political reforms. On August 10, Prime Minister Diab gave in to public pressure, resigning his government and proposing new elections. According to the NZZ correspondent Christian Weisflog, the professor at the American University of Beirut “ultimately turned out to be a powerless and perhaps also a willless puppet of the ruling elite. Diab did not initiate any reforms while the country slid further into an abysmal economic crisis. "
Attempt to form a government by Mustapha Adib and Saad Hariri
Immediately after Hassan Diab's resignation, the lawyer Nawaf Salam was brought up for discussion as a candidate for the office of Prime Minister , who has been a judge at the International Court of Justice since 2018 . It is considered acceptable by the Lebanese protest movement . Likewise, a “government of national unity” was discussed again, presumably under the leadership of Saad Hariri or someone he advocated.
Former Lebanese ambassador to Germany, Mustapha Adib, was named the country's new prime minister on August 30; the big blocs in parliament said they would support the candidate nominated by Hariri and the ex-prime ministers.
According to The Arab Weekly, Immediately after his election, Mustapha Adib attempted to form an expert government without politicians, implying that Hezbollah may find itself outside of a government formation in Lebanon for the first time since 2005. Among the challenges faced with the designated Premier, arise the question of whether the rival political parties in Lebanon will enable him to form a government of "experts", the political parties or their representatives exclude, wrote the daily Toggle Nahar . Adib's attempts to form a government stalled in mid-September when Hezbollah and the AMAL movement insisted on the financial portfolio. In the meantime, President Michel Aoun had given assurances that he would support the rotation of all portfolios on the condition of a "national consensus" on. This was preceded by consultations the president held with the parliamentary blocs, the sources said the blocs had told Aoun that they would not grant their vote of confidence to a government they disagree with. The French government, which had given the Lebanese parliament an ultimatum regarding the formation of a government and financial pledges, criticized the Lebanese political leaders for failing to keep their pledges to President Emmanuel Macron regarding the formation of a new government.
Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib resigned on September 26, 2020, almost a month after being appointed head of cabinet. The decisive point for Adib's surrender were apparently the demands of the two most important Shiite groups, Hezbollah and Amal . They claimed the office of finance minister for themselves. They also called for the potential cabinet members to be named themselves. Mait's attempt to create a government of experts to cope with the serious economic and financial crisis in the country had failed.
On October 22, 2020, Saad Hariri was tasked with forming a new government, a year after it fell amid nationwide protests against widespread corruption and a collapsing economy. President Michel Aoun appointed Hariri as the next head of government after a slight majority in parliament. In mid-2021, Hariri had to admit that he had failed to form a government and returned the contract. He had proposed a technocratic cabinet to President Michel Aoun , but the latter rejected it.
Formation of government by Najib Miqati
On July 26, 2021, after parliamentary consultations with President Michel Aoun, businessman Najib Miqati was designated as the new Prime Minister of Lebanon. Miqati ran with practically no dissenting votes and received 72 votes, while former ambassador Nawaf Salam received only one vote; 42 MPs abstained. After a "13-month dead end", the former Prime Minister Najib Miqati was able to present a new government. He managed to form a cabinet with 24 ministers. The deal between Prime Minister-designate Miqati and President Aoun comes after months of disagreement over the distribution of cabinet seats between different parties.
Initial composition
The establishment of the 24-ministerial government of Najib Miqati was announced on September 10, 2021, 45 days after the veteran politician and Lebanon's richest man was tasked with assembling a new cabinet and more than a year after the previous government resigned Diab .
| government office | Official | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | |||
| Prime Minister | Najib Miqati | 2021 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Saadeh Al-Shami | 2021 | |
| minister | |||
| Judiciary | Henri Khoury | 2021 | |
| Foreign Affairs | Abdallah Bou Habib | 2021 | |
| defense | Maurice Slim | 2021 | |
| Home affairs and communities | Bassam Mawlawi | 2021 | |
| economy and trade | Amin salam | 2021 | |
| Finances | Youssef Khalil | 2021 | |
| environment | Wet yassin | 2021 | |
| energy | Walid Fayyad | 2021 | |
| Social | Hector Hajjar | 2021 | |
| tourism | Walid Nassar | 2021 | |
| job | Mustafa Bayram | 2021 | |
| Education and higher education | Abbas Halabi | 2021 | |
| Industry and Commerce | George Bouchikian | 2021 | |
| information | George Kordahi | 2021 | |
| Public works and transportation | Ali Hamieh | 2021 | |
| telecommunications | Johnny Corm | 2021 | |
| Agriculture | Abbas Al-Hajj Hassan | 2021 | |
| Culture | Mohammed Mortada | 2021 | |
| Youth and sport | Georges Kallas | 2021 | |
| Bless you | Firass Abiad | 2021 | |
| Displaced persons | Issam Sharafeddine | 2021 | |
| Administrative development | Najla Riachi | 2021 | |
| Other officials | |||
| Secretary General of the Cabinet | |||
Web links
Individual evidence
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- ^ French president seeking Lebanese government without Hezbollah. Arab Weekly, September 1, 2020, accessed September 1, 2020 .
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- ↑ Paris criticizes Lebanese Leaders, Says Still Time to Form Govt. Naharnet, September 16, 2020, accessed September 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Naharnet Newsdesk: http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/275268-adib-steps-down-from-mission-to-form-govt-amid-impasse. Naharnet, September 26, 2020, accessed on September 26, 2020 .
- ↑ The formation of a government in Lebanon has failed. Deutsche Welle, September 26, 2020, accessed on September 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Lebanon PM-designate steps down amid impasse over gov't formation. AlJazzeera, September 26, 2019, accessed September 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Naharnet Newsdesk: For 4th Time, Hariri is Back as PM in Crisis-Hit Lebanon. Naharnet, October 22, 2020, accessed on October 22, 2020 .
- ↑ "May God help Lebanon!" In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved July 18, 2021 .
- ↑ Saad Hariri fails to form a government , published on July 15, 2021 by ZEIT ONLINE
- ↑ Kareem Chehayeb: Lebanon: Najib Mikati named new prime minister-designate. Al Jazeera, July 26, 2021, accessed September 11, 2021 .
- ↑ Lebanon unveils new government after 13-month impasse. Deutsche Welle, September 10, 2021, accessed on September 11, 2021 .
- ^ Line-Up of Najib Miqati's Government Announced. Naharnet, September 10, 2021, accessed September 11, 2021 .
Najib Miqati I (2005) | Fuad Siniora I (2005) | Fuad Siniora II (2008) | Saad Hariri (2009) | Najib Miqati II (2011) | Tammam Salam (2013) | Saad Hariri (2016) | Hassan Diab (2020) | Najib Miqati III (2021)