Established in 1920, the Ministry of Justice of Lebanon ( ar, وزارة العدل) is one of the ministries of the
Lebanese government
Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic within the overall framework of confessionalism, a form of consociationalism in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities. The ...
. The first incarnation of the ministry was the Department of Justice, Property and Endowments which was headed by the Director of Justice. By 1959, the ministry adopted its current name and its objectives of organizing and administering the judiciary of Lebanon had long been underscored by various decrees. Currently, the Ministry of Justice includes the General Directorate, the Courts of Justice and the Administrative Courts. In turn, the Directorate General of the Ministry of Justice includes the following departments:
* Legislature and Consultation
* Body Issues
* Institute of Judicial Studies
* Directorate of Judges and Staff Affairs
* Department of the Bureau
* Directorate of Prisons
* The interest of reform juvenile delinquents
List of ministers
The following is a list of Lebanese officials who served as the minister of justice:
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Charles Gergie Dabbas (1920–1926)
''1st Minister of Justice*
Najib Abdel Qader Qabbani (1926–1927)
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Shukri Boutros Al Qardahi (1927–1928)
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Naguib Mattia Abu Sawan (1928)
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Bishara Khalil Al Khoury (1928–1930)
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Ahmed Mustafa Al Husseini (1930–1931)
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August Basha Ibrahim Adib (1931–1932)
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Sami Khalil Al Khoury (1932–1937)
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Khairuddin Saeed Al Ahdab (1937–1938)
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Abdullah Aref Al-Yafi (1938)
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Khaled Najib Shehab (1938–1941)
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Philip Naguib Paul (1941–1943)
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Habib Salim Abi Shahla (1943)
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Ayoub Girgis Tabet (1943–1945)
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Saadi Mohammed Al Manala (1945)
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Henry Philippe Pharaoh (1945)
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Salim Habib Takla (1945)
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Riad Reda Solh (1948–1951)
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Rashid Abdul Hamid Karami (1951)
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Paul Halim Fayyad (1951)
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Basil Najib Trad (1951)
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Mousa Melhem Mubarak (1952)
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Fouad Girgis Al-Khoury (1952–1953)
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Bashir Mahmoud Al Awar (1953–1954)
* Alfred George (1954)
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Muhieddin Zakaria Al-Nasali (1954)
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Charles Iskandar Helou (1954–1955)
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Fouad Nicolas Ghosn (1955)
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Gabriel Asaad Murr (1955–1956)
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Sami Abdel Rahim Solh (1956)
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Salim Nassib Lahoud (1956–1957)
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Emile Dawood Tian (1957–1958)
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Hussein Ahmed Al Owaini (1958)
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Yousef Hanna Al–Suda (1958–1960)
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Nasim Michael Majdalani (1960)
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Gibran Caesar Nahas (1960–1961)
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Fouad Gergi Boutros (1961–1966)
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Philip Habib Takla (1966–1968)
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Majid Tawfiq Arslan (1968)
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Suleiman Qablan Franjieh
Suleiman Kabalan Frangieh, last name also spelled ''Frangié,'' ''Franjieh,'' or ''Franjiyeh'' (, 15 June 1910 – 23 July 1992), was a Lebanese people, Lebanese Maronite politician who was List of Presidents of Lebanon, President of Lebanon fro ...
(1968)
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Rashid Youssef Beydoun (1968–1969)
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Adel Abdullah Osairan (1969)
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Shafiq Dib Al Wazzan (1969–1970)
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Jamil Rachid Kabbi (1970–1973)
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Kazem Ismail Khalil (1973–1975)
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Nour al-Din al-Rifai (1975–1976)
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Farid Elias Rufail (1976–1979)
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Khashik Diran Babikian (1980–1982)
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Roger Nicolas Shaikhani (1982–1984)
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Nabih Mustafa Berri (1984–1988)
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Lotfi Haider Jaber (1988–1989)
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Edmon Amin Rizk (1989–1992)
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Bahij Bahij Tabbara (1992)
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Nasri Suleiman Al-Maalouf (1992–1998)
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Joseph Elias Shaoul (1998–2000)
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Samir Adnan Al Jisr (2000–2004)
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Adnan Mohamed Addoum (2004–2005)
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Charles Elias Rizk (2005)
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Khaled Mohieddin Qabbani (2005–2008)
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Ibrahim Albert Najjar (2008–2011)
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Shakib Wadih Kortbawi (2011–2014)
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Ashraf Ahmed Rifi (2014–2016)
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Salim Jean Jreissati (2016–2019)
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Albert Serhan (2019–2020)
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Marie-Claude Najm
Marie-Claude Najm ( ar, ماري كلود نجم; born 6 April 1971) is a Lebanese academic who served as Ministry of Justice (Lebanon), Minister of Justice from 2020 to 2021.
Education and academic career
Najm studied law at the Saint Joseph ...
(2020–2021)
See also
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Justice ministry
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a v ...
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Politics of Lebanon
Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic within the overall framework of confessionalism, a form of consociationalism in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities. The ...
References
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Justice
Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...
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 ...