First Cabinet of Fouad Siniora
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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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
- ^ Political affiliation: Ministers may or may not be formal members of the parties and movements named, but are generally regarded as affiliated in some way.
- ^ a b c d e f Resigned on 11 November 2006
- ^ a b c d e The Future Movement, led by Saad Hariri, is part of a larger coalition called the March 14 Alliance, which also includes the Qornet Shehwan Gathering, the Progressive Socialist Party, and the Lebanese Forces.
- ^ Assassinated on 21 November 2006
- ^ a b The Qornet Shehwan Gathering is an anti-Syrian Christian coalition of the Kataeb Party, led by former President Amine Gemayel, the National Liberal Party, led by Dory Chamoun, and a number of other Christian-led parties. The Qornet Shehwan Gathering claimed Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, the Maronite Patriarch as its leader.
- ^ Supporters of former pro-Syrian President Émile Lahoud. Most of them de facto defected to March 14 Alliance when Hizbollah, Amal and Lahoud ordered their ministers to resign and Mitri, Murr and Rizk refused to resign.
- ^ Considered to have resigned on 25 May 2008 because of the election of a new President[citation needed]
References
- ^ Knudsen, Are (2007). "The Law, the Loss and the Lives of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon" (PDF). CMI. 1. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ Khashan, Hilal (Winter 2011). "Saad Hariri's Moment of Truth". Middle East Quarterly. XVIII (1): 65–71. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ^ "DI CS 2005-08: Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: a Directory" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency. August 2005. pp. 56–57 (PDF p. 61–62). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2020.