This is the list of the Lebanese government that was formed by Fouad Siniora on 19 July 2005 after the general elections of 2005, who was appointed by then president Émile Lahoud. All the main political blocs were included in it except for the Free Patriotic Movement-led bloc headed by General Michel Aoun. Hezbollah were firstly represented in this cabinet.[1]

The legality of the government was questioned when five Shia members left in November 2006. The reason for their resignation was Siniora's eagerness to sign the UN draft plan for the foundation of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which would search the assassination of Rafik Hariri, who was killed on 14 February 2005.[2]

On 24 November 2007, the government became an interim one following the end of the president's mandate. A new government shall be formed following the election of a new president.

Composition

Lebanese government of July 2005
PortfolioMinisterPolitical affiliationReligious Sect
President Emile Lahoud's Share (4/24)
Deputy Prime Minister
and Defence		Elias Murr  IndependentGreek Orthodox
Minister of EnvironmentYacoub Sarraf  IndependentGreek Orthodox
Minister of CultureTarek Mitri  IndependentGreek Orthodox
Minister of JusticeCharles Rizk  IndependentMaronite
March 14 Alliance (15/24)
Prime MinisterFouad Siniora  Future MovementSunni
Minister of Youth and SportsAhmad Fatfat  Future MovementSunni
Minister of Public WorksMohammad Safadi  Future MovementSunni
Minister of InteriorHassan Sabeh  Future MovementSunni
Minister of EducationKhaled Kabbani  Future MovementSunni
State MinisterMichel Pharaon  Future MovementGreek Catholic
State MinisterJean Ogassapian  Future MovementArmenian Catholic
Minister of Economy and TradeSami Haddad  Future MovementProtestant
Minister of DisplacedNehmeh Tohme  Progressive Socialist PartyGreek Catholic
Minister of InformationGhazi Aridi  Progressive Socialist PartyDruze
Minister of TelecommunicationsMarwan Hamadeh  Progressive Socialist PartyDruze
Minister of Social AffairsNayla Moawad  Independence MovementMaronite
Minister of IndustryPierre Amine Gemayel  Kataeb PartyMaronite
Minister of TourismJoseph Sarkis  Lebanese ForcesMaronite
Minister of FinanceJihad Azour  IndependentMaronite
March 8 Alliance (5/24)
Minister of HealthMohammad Khalifeh  Amal MovementShia
Minister of AgricultureTalah Sahili  Amal MovementShia
Minister of LabourTrad Hamadeh  HezbollahShia
Minister of Energy and WaterMuhammad Fneish  HezbollahShia
Minister of Foreign AffairsFawzi Salloukh  IndependentShia

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ Knudsen, Are (2007). "The Law, the Loss and the Lives of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon" (PDF). CMI. 1. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
    2. ↑ Khashan, Hilal (Winter 2011). "Saad Hariri's Moment of Truth". Middle East Quarterly. XVIII (1): 65–71. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
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