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| headquarters    = [[Yarze]], [[Baabda District|Baabda]], [[Mount Lebanon Governorate|Mount Lebanon]] {{flagicon|Lebanon}}
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| chief1_name     = [[Maurice Sleem]]
| chief1_position = Minister of National Defense
| chief2_name     = [[Joseph Aoun (military officer)|Gen. Joseph Aoun]]
| chief2_position = Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces
| chief3_name     = [[Majid Arslan|Emir Majid Arslan]]
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{{Politics of Lebanon}}

The '''Ministry of National Defense''' ({{langx|ar|وزارة الدفاع الوطني}} ''Wizārat al-Difāʾ al-Waṭanī'') is [[Lebanon]]'s service section for the [[Lebanese Armed Forces]]. The Ministry is located in [[Yarze]]h, [[Baabda District]], [[Mount Lebanon]].<ref>"[http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/English/Address.asp Address]."{{sic}} Ministry of National Defense. Retrieved on 3 March 2013. "Ministry of Defense Lebanese Armed Forces Yarzeh, Lebanon" - [http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/Arabic/Address.asp Arabic] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302135047/http://lebarmy.gov.lb/Arabic/Address.asp |date=2013-03-02 }}: "وزارة الدفاع الوطني الجيش اللبناني اليرزة، لبنان" - [http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/French/Address.asp French] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117033518/http://lebarmy.gov.lb/French/Address.asp |date=2013-01-17 }}: "Ministère de la Défense Nationale l’Armée Libanaise Yarzé, Liban"</ref> The building which is considered the biggest Ministry building in Lebanon was designed by the [[France|French]] architect [[André Wogenscky]] in 1968.<ref>{{cite book|title=One Hundred Houses|year=2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_H5MtRlYCjwC&dq=Andre+Wogenscky+ministry+of+defense&pg=PA466 | first=Gennaro | last=Postiglione | isbn=978-3-8228-6312-1 | publisher=Taschen}}</ref> The ministry building also houses the [[Lebanese Military Museum]].

==Ministers==
The ministers of National Defence have been:<ref>{{cite web |title=الوزراء المتعاقبون على وزارة الدفاع الوطني |trans-title=Successive ministers of the Ministry of National Defense |url=http://www.pcm.gov.lb/arabic/subpg.aspx?pageid=2017 |website=pcm.gov.lb |publisher=Government of Lebanon |accessdate=14 August 2020 |language=Ar}}</ref>
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|-
! rowspan=2| {{abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan=3| Term
! rowspan=2| Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 1
| image             = Majid Arslan portrait.jpg |bSize = 70
| military_rank     = Emir
| officeholder      = [[Majid Arslan]]
| born_year         = 1908
| died_year         = 1983
| term_start        = 25 September 1943
| term_end          = 9 January 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1943|09|25|1945|01|09}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 2
| image             = Ah karami.png |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Abdul Hamid Karami]]
| born_year         = 1887
| died_year         = 1950
| term_start        = 9 January 1945
| term_end          = 22 August 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1945|01|09|1945|09|22}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 3
| image             = Abedlatifassaad.JPG |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Ahmed al-Asaad]]
| born_year         = 1902
| died_year         = 1961
| term_start        = 22 August 1945
| term_end          = 22 May 1946
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1945|09|22|1946|05|22}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (1)
| image             = Majid Arslan portrait.jpg |bSize = 70
| military_rank     = Emir
| officeholder      = [[Majid Arslan]]
| born_year         = 1908
| died_year         = 1983
| term_start        = 22 May 1946
| term_end          = 14 February 1951
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1946|05|22|1951|02|14}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 4
| image             = حسين العويني.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Hussein Al Oweini]]
| born_year         = 1910
| died_year         = 1971
| term_start        = 14 February 1951
| term_end          = 7 June 1951
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1946|05|22|1951|02|14}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 5
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = {{ill|Rashid Baydoun|ar|رشيد بيضون}}
| born_year         = 1889
| died_year         = 1971
| term_start        = 7 June 1951
| term_end          = 2 February 1952
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1951|02|14|1952|02|02}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (1)
| image             = Majid Arslan portrait.jpg |bSize = 70
| military_rank     = Emir
| officeholder      = [[Majid Arslan]]
| born_year         = 1908
| died_year         = 1983
| term_start        = 2 February 1952
| term_end          = 9 September 1952
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1952|02|02|1952|09|09}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 6
| image             = Nazem Akkari, Prime Minister of Lebanon.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Nazem Akkari]]
| born_year         = 1902
| died_year         = 1985
| term_start        = 9 September 1952
| term_end          = 14 September 1952
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1952|09|09|1952|09|14}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 7
| image             = Saeb Salam.png |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Saeb Salam]]
| born_year         = 1905
| died_year         = 2000
| term_start        = 14 September 1952
| term_end          = 18 September 1952
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1952|09|14|1952|09|18}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 8
| image             = General Fouad Chehab.png|bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Fuad Chehab]]
| born_year         = 1902
| died_year         = 1973
| term_start        = 18 September 1952
| term_end          = 30 September 1952
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1952|09|18|1952|09|30}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 9
| image             = Emir Khaled Chehab.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Khaled Chehab]]
| born_year         = 1886
| died_year         = 1978
| term_start        = 30 September 1952
| term_end          = 30 April 1953
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1952|09|30|1953|04|30}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (7)
| image             = Saeb Salam.png |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Saeb Salam]]
| born_year         = 1905
| died_year         = 2000
| term_start        = 30 April 1953
| term_end          = 16 August 1953
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1953|04|30|1953|08|16}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 10
| image             = Abdallah El-Yafi.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Abdallah El-Yafi]]
| born_year         = 1901
| died_year         = 1986
| term_start        = 16 August 1953
| term_end          = 1 March 1954
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1953|08|16|1954|03|01}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (1)
| image             = Majid Arslan portrait.jpg |bSize = 70
| military_rank     = Emir
| officeholder      = [[Majid Arslan]]
| born_year         = 1908
| died_year         = 1983
| term_start        = 1 March 1954
| term_end          = 18 November 1956
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1954|03|01|1956|11|18}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (8)
| image             =|bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Fuad Chehab]]
| born_year         = 1902
| died_year         = 1973
| term_start        = 18 November 1956
| term_end          = 1 March 1957
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1956|11|18|1957|03|01}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 11
| image             = Sami as-Solh.png |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Sami as-Solh]]
| born_year         = 1887
| died_year         = 1968
| term_start        = 1 March 1957
| term_end          = 18 August 1957
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1957|03|01|1957|08|18}}
| alt_party         = Constitutional Bloc (Lebanon)
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (1)
| image             = Majid Arslan portrait.jpg |bSize = 70
| military_rank     = Emir
| officeholder      = [[Majid Arslan]]
| born_year         = 1908
| died_year         = 1983
| term_start        = 18 August 1957
| term_end          = 14 March 1958
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1957|08|18|1958|03|14}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (5)
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = {{ill|Rashid Baydoun|ar|رشيد بيضون}}
| born_year         = 1889
| died_year         = 1971
| term_start        = 14 March 1958
| term_end          = 22 May 1958
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1958|03|14|1958|05|22}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (11)
| image             = Sami as-Solh.png |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Sami as-Solh]]
| born_year         = 1887
| died_year         = 1968
| term_start        = 22 May 1958
| term_end          = 24 September 1958
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1958|05|22|1958|09|24}}
| alt_party         = Constitutional Bloc (Lebanon)
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 12
| image             = Rachid Karami.png |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Rashid Karami]]
| born_year         = 1921
| died_year         = 1987
| term_start        = 24 September 1958
| term_end          = 14 May 1960
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1958|09|24|1960|05|14}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 13
| image             = Ahmad Bey Daouk.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Ahmad Daouk]]
| born_year         = 1892
| died_year         = 1979
| term_start        = 14 May 1960
| term_end          = 1 August 1960
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1960|05|14|1960|08|01}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (1)
| image             = Majid Arslan portrait.jpg |bSize = 70
| military_rank     = Emir
| officeholder      = [[Majid Arslan]]
| born_year         = 1908
| died_year         = 1983
| term_start        = 1 August 1960
| term_end          = 20 May 1961
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1960|05|14|1961|08|01}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (7)
| image             = Saeb Salam.png |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Saeb Salam]]
| born_year         = 1905
| died_year         = 2000
| term_start        = 20 May 1961
| term_end          = 31 October 1961
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1961|05|20|1961|10|31}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (1)
| image             = Majid Arslan portrait.jpg |bSize = 70
| military_rank     = Emir
| officeholder      = [[Majid Arslan]]
| born_year         = 1908
| died_year         = 1983
| term_start        = 31 October 1961
| term_end          = 20 February 1964
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1961|10|31|1964|02|20}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (4)
| image             = حسين العويني.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Hussein Al Oweini]]
| born_year         = 1910
| died_year         = 1971
| term_start        = 20 February 1964
| term_end          = 25 July 1965
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1964|02|20|1965|07|25}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (12)
| image             = Rashid Karami.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Rashid Karami]]
| born_year         = 1921
| died_year         = 1987
| term_start        = 25 July 1965
| term_end          = 21 December 1965
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1965|07|25|1965|12|21}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 13
| image             = Michel el-Khoury - 1988.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Michel el-Khoury]]
| born_year         = 1926
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 21 December 1965
| term_end          = 9 April 1966
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1965|12|21|1966|04|09}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 13
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Fouad Boutros]]
| born_year         = 1917
| died_year         = 2016
| term_start        = 9 April 1966
| term_end          = 6 December 1966
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1966|04|09|1966|12|06}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 13
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Badre al-Maaouche]]
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 6 December 1966
| term_end          = 8 February 1968
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1966|12|06|1968|02|08}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (10)
| image             = Abdallah El-Yafi.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Abdallah El-Yafi]]
| born_year         = 1901
| died_year         = 1986
| term_start        = 8 February 1968
| term_end          = 5 July 1968
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1968|02|08|1968|07|05}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (5)
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = {{ill|Rashid Baydoun|ar|رشيد بيضون}}
| born_year         = 1889
| died_year         = 1971
| term_start        = 5 July 1968
| term_end          = 12 October 1968
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1968|07|05|1968|10|12}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (1)
| image             = Majid Arslan portrait.jpg |bSize = 70
| military_rank     = Emir
| officeholder      = [[Majid Arslan]]
| born_year         = 1908
| died_year         = 1983
| term_start        = 12 October 1968
| term_end          = 20 October 1968
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1968|10|12|1968|10|20}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (4)
| image             = حسين العويني.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Hussein Al Oweini]]{{efn|1=Served simultaneously as [[Ministry of Economy and Trade (Lebanon)|Minister of Economy and Trade]].}}
| born_year         = 1910
| died_year         = 1971
| term_start        = 20 October 1968
| term_end          = 15 January 1969
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1968|10|20|1969|01|15}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (1)
| image             = Majid Arslan portrait.jpg |bSize = 70
| military_rank     = Emir
| officeholder      = [[Majid Arslan]]
| born_year         = 1908
| died_year         = 1983
| term_start        = 15 January 1969
| term_end          = 13 October 1970
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1969|01|15|1970|10|13}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 14
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Edward Souma]]
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 13 October 1970
| term_end          = 13 October 1970
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1970|10|13|1970|10|13}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 15
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Elias Saba]]
| born_year         = 1932
| died_year         = 2023
| term_start        = 13 October 1970
| term_end          = 27 May 1972
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1970|10|13|1972|05|27}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (1)
| image             = Majid Arslan portrait.jpg |bSize = 70
| military_rank     = Emir
| officeholder      = [[Majid Arslan]]
| born_year         = 1908
| died_year         = 1983
| term_start        = 27 May 1972
| term_end          = 25 April 1973
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1972|05|27|1973|04|25}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 16
| image             = Fouad Ghosn.png|bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Fouad Ghosn]]
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 25 April 1973
| term_end          = 8 July 1973
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1973|04|25|1973|07|08}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 17
| image             = |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Nasri Maalouf]]
| born_year         = 1911
| died_year         = 2005
| term_start        = 8 July 1973
| term_end          = 31 October 1974
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1973|07|08|1974|10|31}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 18
| image             = |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = {{ill|Joseph Skaff|ar|جوزيف سكاف}}
| born_year         = 1922
| died_year         = 1992
| term_start        = 31 October 1974
| term_end          = 23 May 1975
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1974|10|31|1975|05|23}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 19
| image             = |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Iskandar Ghanem]]
| born_year         = 1911
| died_year         = 2005
| term_start        = 23 May 1975
| term_end          = 1 July 1975
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1975|05|23|1975|07|01}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (12)
| image             = Rashid Karami.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Rashid Karami]]
| born_year         = 1921
| died_year         = 1987
| term_start        = 1 July 1975
| term_end          = 15 September 1976
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1975|07|01|1976|09|15}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 19
| image             = Camille chamoun.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Camille Chamoun]]
| born_year         = 1900
| died_year         = 1987
| term_start        = 15 September 1976
| term_end          = 9 December 1976
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1976|09|15|1976|12|09}}
| alt_party         = National Liberal Party (Lebanon)
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 21
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Fouad Boutros]]
| born_year         = 1917
| died_year         = 2016
| term_start        = 9 December 1976
| term_end          = 20 December 1978
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1976|12|09|1978|12|20}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 20
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Victor Khoury]]
| born_year         = 1929
| died_year         = 2017
| term_start        = 20 December 1978
| term_end          = 16 July 1979
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1978|12|20|1979|07|16}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (18)
| image             = |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = {{ill|Joseph Skaff|ar|جوزيف سكاف}}
| born_year         = 1922
| died_year         = 1992
| term_start        = 16 July 1979
| term_end          = 10 July 1982
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1979|07|16|1982|07|10}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 21
| image             = |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Issam Khoury]]
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 10 July 1982
| term_end          = 30 April 1984
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1982|07|10|1984|04|30}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 22
| image             = Adel Osseiran 5 (cropped).png |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Adel Osseiran]]
| born_year         = 1905
| died_year         = 1998
| term_start        = 30 April 1984
| term_end          = 22 September 1988
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1984|04|30|1988|09|22}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 23
| image             = Michel Aoun - 1988.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Michel Aoun]]
| born_year         = 1935
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 22 September 1988
| term_end          = 25 November 1989
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1988|09|22|1989|11|25}}
| alt_party         = Military
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 24
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Alber Mansour]]
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 25 November 1989
| term_end          = 24 December 1990
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1989|11|25|1990|12|23}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 24
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Michel Murr]]
| born_year         = 1932
| died_year         = 2021
| term_start        = 24 December 1990
| term_end          = 31 October 1992
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1990|12|24|1992|10|31}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 25
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Mohsen Dalloul]]
| born_year         = 1933
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 31 October 1992
| term_end          = 4 December 1998
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1992|10|31|1998|12|04}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 26
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Ghazi Zaiter]]
| born_year         = 1949
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 4 December 1998
| term_end          = 26 October 2000
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1998|12|04|2000|10|26}}
| alt_party         = Amal Movement
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 27
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = {{ill|Khalil Hrawi|fr|Khalil Hraoui}}
| born_year         = 1948
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 26 October 2000
| term_end          = 17 April 2003
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2000|10|26|2003|04|17}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 28
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Mahmoud Hammoud (politician)|Mahmoud Hammoud]]
| born_year         = 1935
| died_year         = 2018
| term_start        = 17 April 2003
| term_end          = 26 October 2004
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2003|04|17|2004|10|26}}
| alt_party         = ?
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 29
| image             =  |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Abdul Rahim Mrad]]
| born_year         = 1942
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 26 October 2004
| term_end          = 19 April 2005
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2004|10|26|2005|04|19}}
| alt_party         = Union Party (Lebanon)
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 30
| image             = Elias-Murr.JPEG |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Elias Murr]]
| born_year         = 1962
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 19 April 2005
| term_end          = 13 June 2011
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2005|04|19|2011|06|13}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 31
| image             = |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Fayez Ghosn]]
| born_year         = 1950
| died_year         = 2021
| term_start        = 13 June 2011
| term_end          = 14 February 2014 
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2011|06|13|2014|02|14}}
| alt_party         = Marada Movement
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 32
| image             = Samir Moqbel, April 2015.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Samir Mouqbel]]
| born_year         = 1939
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 14 February 2014 
| term_end          = 18 December 2016 
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2014|02|14|2016|12|18}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 33
| image             = Yacoub Riad Sarraf MSC 2018.jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Yacoub Sarraf]]
| born_year         = 1961
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 18 December 2016
| term_end          = 3 February 2019
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2016|12|18|2019|02|03}}
| alt_party         = Free Patriotic Movement
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 34
| image             = Elias Bou Saab..jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Elias Bou Saab]]
| born_year         = 1967
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 3 February 2019
| term_end          = 21 January 2020
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2019|02|03|2020|01|21}}
| alt_party         = Free Patriotic Movement
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 35
| image             = Visit of Josep Borrell Fontelles, Vice-President of the European Commission, to Lebanon (cropped 2).jpg |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Zeina Akar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2020/1/22/profile-lebanons-first-female-defence-minister-in-divisive-cabinet|title=Profile: Lebanon's new cabinet members, including the Arab world's first-ever female defence chief|website=alaraby.co.uk|date=22 January 2020}}</ref>
| born_year         = 1964
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 21 January 2020
| term_end          = 10 September 2021
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2020|01|21}}
| alt_party         = Free Patriotic Movement
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 36
| image             =   |bSize = 70
| officeholder      = [[Maurice Sleem]]
| born_year         = 1954
| died_year         =   
| term_start        = 10 September 2021
| term_end          = Incumbent
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2021|09|17}}
| alt_party         = Free Patriotic Movement
}}
|}

==Notes==
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== References ==
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==External links==
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