The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities ( ar, وزارة الداخلية والبلديات) in

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

is responsible for

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municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

, federation of municipalities and

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

matters, in addition to political parties and organizations. The ministry was created in the first post-

independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

government in 1943. In 2000, it was named the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities. As of September 2021 the current minister is

Bassam Mawlawi Bassam Mawlawi is the Minister of interior and Municipalities of Lebanon in the third government of Najib Mikati and has been serving since September 2021. Before becoming interior minister, Bassam Mawlawi served as a judge and presided over Beiru ...

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Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Lebanon) 1943 establishments in Lebanon Lebanon, Interior and Municipalities Interior and Municipalities

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