List of presidents of Lebanon
List of officeholders
State of Greater Lebanon, part of the French Mandate (1926–1943)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||||
| 1 | Charles Debbas شارل دباس (1885–1935) |
— | 1 September 1926 | 2 January 1934 | Independent | ||
| — | Antoine Privat-Aubouard أنطوان أوبوار (1874–1934) |
— | 2 January 1934 | 30 January 1934 | Independent | ||
| 2 | Habib Pacha Es-Saad حبيب باشا السعد (1867–1942) |
— | 30 January 1934 | 20 January 1936 | Independent | ||
| 3 | Émile Eddé إميل أده (1886–1949) |
1936 | 20 January 1936 | 4 April 1941 | National Bloc | ||
| — | Pierre-Georges Arlabosse بيار جورج أرلابوس (1891–1950) |
— | 4 April 1941 | 9 April 1941 | Independent | ||
| 4 | Alfred Georges Naccache ألفرد جورج النقاش (1887–1978) |
— | 9 April 1941 | 18 March 1943 | Kataeb Party | ||
| — | Ayoub Tabet أيوب تابت (1884–1951) |
— | 19 March 1943 | 21 July 1943 | Independent | ||
| 5 | Petro Trad بيترو طراد (1876–1947) |
— | 22 July 1943 | 21 September 1943 | Independent | ||
| 6 | Bechara Khoury بشارة الخوري (1890–1964) |
— | 21 September 1943 | 11 November 1943 | Constitutional Bloc | ||
Lebanese Republic (1943–present)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||||
| — | Émile Eddé إميل أده (1886–1949) |
— | 11 November 1943 | 22 November 1943 | National Bloc | ||
| 6 | Bechara Khoury بشارة الخوري (1890–1964) |
1943 1948 |
22 November 1943 | 18 September 1952 | Constitutional Bloc | ||
| — | Fouad Chehab فؤاد شهاب (1902–1973) |
— | 18 September 1952 | 22 September 1952 | Military | ||
| 7 | Camille Chamoun كميل شمعون (1900–1987) |
1952 | 23 September 1952 | 22 September 1958 | Constitutional Bloc | ||
| National Liberal Party | |||||||
| 8 | Fouad Chehab فؤاد شهاب (1902–1973) |
1958 | 23 September 1958 | 22 September 1964 | Independent | ||
| 9 | Charles Helou شارل حلو (1913–2001) |
1964 | 23 September 1964 | 22 September 1970 | Chehabist | ||
| 10 | Suleiman Frangieh سليمان فرنجية (1910–1992) |
1970 | 23 September 1970 | 22 September 1976 | Marada Movement | ||
| 11 | Élias Sarkis إلياس سركيس (1924–1985) |
1976 | 23 September 1976 | 22 September 1982 | Chehabist | ||
| 12 | Bachir Gemayel بشير الجميل (1947–1982) |
1982 (Aug) |
23 August 1982 | 14 September 1982 | Kataeb Party | ||
| 13 | Amine Gemayel أمين الجميل (born 1942) |
1982 (Sep) |
23 September 1982 | 22 September 1988 | Kataeb Party | ||
| — | Selim Hoss سليم الحص (born 1929) |
— | 22 September 1988 | 5 November 1989 | Independent | ||
| — | Michel Aoun ميشال عون (born 1933) |
— | 22 September 1988 | 13 October 1990 | Military | ||
| Second Lebanese Republic | |||||||
| 14 | René Moawad رينيه معوض (1925–1989) |
1989 (5 Nov) |
5 November 1989 | 22 November 1989 | Independence Movement | ||
| — | Selim Hoss سليم الحص (born 1929) |
— | 22 November 1989 | 24 November 1989 | Independent | ||
| 15 | Elias Hrawi إلياس الهراوي (1926–2006) |
1989 (24 Nov) |
24 November 1989 | 24 November 1998 | Independent | ||
| 16 | Émile Lahoud إميل لحود (born 1936) |
1998 | 24 November 1998 | 24 November 2007 | Independent | ||
| — | Fouad Siniora فؤاد السنيورة (born 1943) |
— | 24 November 2007 | 25 May 2008 | Future Movement | ||
| 17 | Michel Suleiman ميشال سليمان (born 1948) |
2008 | 25 May 2008 | 25 May 2014 | Independent | ||
| — | Tammam Salam تمّام سلام (born 1945) |
— | 25 May 2014 | 31 October 2016 | Future Movement | ||
| 18 | Michel Aoun ميشال عون (born 1933) |
2016 | 31 October 2016 | 31 October 2022 | Free Patriotic Movement | ||
| — | Najib Mikati نجيب ميقاتي (born 1955) |
— | 31 October 2022 | 9 January 2025 | Azm Movement | ||
| 19 | Joseph Aoun جوزيف عون(born 1964) |
2022–2025 | 9 January 2025 | Incumbent | Military | ||
See also
- Prime Minister of Lebanon
- Legislative speaker of Lebanon