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 Last updated on: 19 Jan 2022 20:39:09