Lebanon: Heads of State: 1920-2022

Lebanon: Heads of State: 1920-2022 French equivalents of names and titles are given until 7 Dec 1943 when Arabic became the only official language.
Ḥākim Dawlat Lubnān al-Kabīr = Gouverneur de l'État du Grand Liban \| Governor of the State of Greater Lebanon
1 Sep 1920 - ? Apr 1923	Albert Michel Antoine Trabaud
? Apr 1923 - 27 Jun 1924	Privat-Antoine Aubouard
27 Jun 1924 - 13 Jan 1925	Charles-Alexis Vandenberg
Ḥākim biṣifa muwaqqata Dawlat Lubnān al-Kabīr = Gouverneur par intérim de l'État du Grand Liban \| Interim Governor of the State of Greater Lebanon
13 Jan 1925 - 16 Jul 1925	Léon-Henri-Charles Cayla [1]
Ḥākim Dawlat Lubnān al-Kabīr = Gouverneur de l'État du Grand Liban \| Governor of the State of Greater Lebanon
16 Jul 1925 - 26 May 1926	Léon-Henri-Charles Cayla (x) [1]
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya = Président de la République \| President of the Republic [2]
26 May 1926 - 10 May 1932	Shārl Dabbās = Charles Debbas
Raʾīs al-Ḥukūma = Chef du Gouvernement \| President of the Governemnt
10 May 1932 - 2 Jan 1934	Shārl Dabbās = Charles Debbas [3]
Chargé provisoirement des fonctions de chef du Gouvernement \| Acting President of the Government
2 Jan 1934 - 30 Jan 1934	Privat-Antoine Aubouard (x)
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya = Président de la République \| President of the Republic
30 Jan 1934 - 20 Jan 1936	al-Habīb Bāshā al-Saʿd = Habib Pacha Es-Saad
20 Jan 1936 - 4 Apr 1941	Imīl Ibrāhīm Iddī = Émile Eddé
Chargé provisoirement des fonctions de chef du Gouvernement \| Acting President of the Government
4 Apr 1941 - 9 Apr 1941	Pierre-Georges Arlabosse
Raʾīs al-Ḥukūma = Chef du Gouvernement \| President of the Governemnt
9 Apr 1941 - 1 Dec 1941	Alfrād Jūrj al-Naqqāsh = Alfred-Georges Naccache
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya = Président de la République \| President of the Republic
1 Dec 1941 - 18 Mar 1943	Alfrād Jūrj al-Naqqāsh = Alfred-Georges Naccache (x)
Raʾīs al-Ḥukūma = Chef du Gouvernement \| President of the Governemnt
19 Mar 1943 - 21 Jul 1943	Ayyūb Thābit = Ayoub Tabet
21 Jul 1943 - 20 Sep 1943	Bītrū Iskandar Ṭurād = Petro Iskandar Trad
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya = Président de la République \| President of the Republic
21 Sep 1943 - 11 Nov 1943	Shaykh Bishāra Khalīl al-Khūrī = Cheïk Béchara Khalil El-Khoury
Raʾīs al-Ḥukūma = Chef du Gouvernement \| President of the Governemnt
11 Nov 1943 - 22 Nov 1943	Imīl Ibrāhīm Iddī = Émile Eddé (x)
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya \| President of the Republic
22 Nov 1943 - 18 Sep 1952	Shaykh Bishāra Khalīl al-Khūrī (x)
Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ: Raʾīs Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ, Raʾīs al-Ḥukūma \| Council of Ministers: President of the Council of Ministers, President of the Government (ex officio)
18 Sep 1952 - 22 Sep 1952	Fuʾād ʿAbd Allāh Shihāb
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya \| President of the Republic
23 Sep 1952 - 22 Sep 1958	Kamīl Nimar Shamʿūn
23 Sep 1958 - 22 Sep 1964	Fuʾād ʿAbd Allāh Shihāb (x)
23 Sep 1964 - 22 Sep 1970	Shārl Iskandar Ḥilū
23 Sep 1970 - 22 Sep 1976	Sulaymān Qabalān Faranjiyya
23 Sep 1976 - 22 Sep 1982	Ilyās Yūsuf Sarkīs
23 Sep 1982 - 22 Sep 1988	Amīn Biyār al-Jumayyil
Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ: Raʾīs Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ, Raʾīs al-Ḥukūma \| Council of Ministers: President of the Council of Ministers, President of the Government (ex officio)
23 Sep 1988 - 5 Nov 1989	Salīm Aḥmad al- Ḥuṣṣ [4]
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya \| President of the Republic
5 Nov 1989 - 22 Nov 1989	Rīnī Anis Muʿawwaḍ [4]
Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ: Raʾīs Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ, Raʾīs al-Ḥukūma \| Council of Ministers: President of the Council of Ministers, President of the Government (ex officio)
22 Nov 1989 - 24 Nov 1989	Salīm Aḥmad al- Ḥuṣṣ (x) [4]
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya \| President of the Republic
24 Nov 1989 - 23 Nov 1998	Ilyās Khalīl al-Hirāwī [4]
23 Nov 1998 - 23 Nov 2007	Imīl Jamīl Laḥḥūd
Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ: Raʾīs Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ, Raʾīs al-Ḥukūma \| Council of Ministers: President of the Council of Ministers, President of the Government (ex officio)
24 Nov 2007 - 25 May 2008	Fūʾād ʿAbd al-Bāsiṭ al-Sanyūra
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya \| President of the Republic
25 May 2008 - 25 May 2014	Mīshāl Nihād Sulaymān
Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ: Raʾīs Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ, Raʾīs al-Ḥukūma \| Council of Ministers: President of the Council of Ministers, President of the Government (ex officio)
25 May 2014 - 31 Oct 2016	Tammām Ṣā'ib Salām
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya \| President of the Republic
31 Oct 2016 -	Mīshāl Naʿīm ʿAwn


[1]	Also in Alawites (Syria).
[2]	Under Constitution ratified 23 May 1926.
[3]	With personal style Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya = Président de la République by courtesy.
[4]	Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ: Raʾīs Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ, Raʾīs al-Ḥukūma \| Council of Ministers: President of the Council of Ministers, President of the Government (in dissidence)
	23 Sep 1988 - 13 Oct 1990 Mīshāl Naʿīm ʿAwn

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