SULEIMAN DECREES LEBANON’S NEW CABINET: 30 MINISTERS FROM SIX SECTS
naharnet
11 Jul 08, 15:08
Beirut
President Michel Suleiman on Friday decreed the formation of a national
unity cabinet, the first in his six-year term.
The cabinet, headed by premier Fouad Saniora, groups 30 ministers from
the six major sects in a nation made up of 18 religious communities.
Maronite Ministers: Ziad Baroud, Nassib Lahoud, Tony Karam, Gebran
Bassil and Mario Aoun.
Greek Orthodox ministers: Issam Abu Jamra, Elias Murr, Ibrahim Najjar
and Tareq Mitri.
Catholic ministers: Elie Skaff, and Yousof Taqla and Rimon Awde.
Druze: Talal Arslan, Ghazi Aridi and Wael Abu Faour.
Sunnis: Fouad Saniora, Bahia Hariri, Mohammed Safadi, Tammam Salam
and Mohammad Shatah and Khaled Qabani
Shiites: Mohammed Fneish, Aly Qanso, Ibrahim Shamseddine, Mohammed
Jawad Khalifa, Fawzi Salloukh and Ghazi Zoayter.
Armenians: Jean Ogassapian and Alain Taborian.
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