The Tenth Cabinet of Rashid Karami was the fifty-sixth cabinet of Lebanon, the second under President Amine Gemayel and the tenth headed by Prime Minister Rashid Karami. It was a national unity coalition and formed on 13 April 1984. President Gemayel asked Karami to form the cabinet although Karami had not been active in politics for four years. The mission of the government was to terminate the civil war in the country which had begun in 1975. On 4 May 1987 Rashid Karami resigned from the office due to harsh criticism of

Samir Geagea Samir Farid Geagea ( ar, سمير فريد جعجع Lebanese pron.: , also spelled Samir Ja'ja'; born 25 October 1952) is a Lebanese politician and militia commander who has been leading the Lebanese Forces party and dissolved militia ...

who was the head of the

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. His resignation was neither accepted nor rejected by President Gemayel, and Karami assumed the role of caretaker prime minister until his assassination in June 1987. Following this incident

Selim Hoss Selim Ahmed Hoss ( ar, سليم أحمد الحص; also transliterated ''Salim Al-Hoss;'' born 20 December 1929) is a veteran Lebanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon and a longtime Member of Parliament representing his h ...

became the acting prime minister and served in the post until September 1988.

Composition

The cabinet members were as follows:

References

1984 establishments in Lebanon Cabinets of Lebanon Cabinets established in 1984 Cabinets disestablished in 1988 1988 disestablishments in Lebanon {{Lebanon-politics-stub