The Ministry of Public Health () is a ministry of the government of the Republic of Lebanon. , the Minister of Health is Rakan Nassereddine.
The ministry's Department of Primary Healthcare operates over 200 primary health care centres across Lebanon. The ministry operates a network of 31 government-operated hospitals.
Its headquarters are in Bir Hassan, in the Jnah neighborhood of the capital city Beirut.
Ministers MinisterTerm of officeMajid Arslan25 Sep 19439 Jan 1945Ahmed al-Asaad9 Jan 194522 Aug 1945Jamil Talhouk22 Aug 194522 May 1946Majid Arslan22 May 194614 Dec 1946Elias Khoury14 Dec 19467 Jun 1947Camille Chamoun7 Jun 194726 Jul 1948Elias Khoury26 Jul 19481 Oct 1949Raiif Abillamah1 Oct 194914 Feb 1951Boulos Fayad14 Feb 19517 Jun 1951Bahij Taq-al-Din7 Jun 195111 Feb 1952Majid Arslan11 Feb 19529 Sep 1952Basil Trad9 Sep 195218 Sep 1952Nazem Akkari18 Sep 195230 Sep 1952Salim Haidar30 Sep 195230 Apr 1953Rashid Baydoun30 Apr 195316 Aug 1953Kazem al-Khalil16 Aug 195316 Sep 1954Charles Helou16 Sep 19549 Jul 1955Gabriel Murr9 Jul 195519 Sep 1955Nazih Bizri19 Sep 195518 Nov 1956Majid Arslan18 Nov 195618 Aug 1957Joseph Skaff18 Aug 195714 Mar 1958Albert Mokhaiber14 Mar 195824 Sep 1958Mohamed Safieddine24 Sep 195814 Oct 1958Pierre Gemayel14 Oct 195814 May 1960Awad Mikdad14 May 19601 Aug 1960Elias Khoury1 Aug 196020 May 1961Pierre Gemayel20 May 196131 Oct 1961Ali Bazze31 Oct 196120 Feb 1964Mohamed Knio20 Feb 196418 Nov 1964Yacoub Sarraf18 Nov 196425 Jul 1965Mohamed Knio25 Jul 19659 Apr 1966Kamel Asaad9 Apr 19666 Dec 1966Nassib Barbir6 Dec 19668 Feb 1968Khaled Joumblat8 Feb 196812 Oct 1968Pierre Gemayel12 Oct 196815 Jan 1969Khatchig Babikian15 Jan 196925 Nov 1969Habib Moutran25 Nov 196913 Oct 1970Emile Bitar13 Oct 197027 May 1972Nazih Bizri27 May 197225 Apr 1973Amin Hafez25 Apr 19738 Jul 1973Ousman Dana8 Jul 197330 Oct 1974Majid Arslan30 Oct 197423 May 1975Nureddine Rifai23 May 19751 Jul 1975Majid Arslan1 Jul 19759 Dec 1976Ibrahim Cheaito9 Dec 197616 Jul 1979Talal El Merhebi16 Jul 197925 Oct 1980Nazih Bizri25 Oct 19808 Oct 1982Adnan Mroueh8 Oct 198229 Apr 1984Pierre Gemayel 30 Apr 198429 Aug 1984Joseph Hashem29 Aug 198422 Sep 1988Edgar Maalouf22 Sep 198825 Nov 1989Abdullah Rassi25 Nov 198923 Dec 1990Jamil Kebbeh24 Dec 199015 May 1992Marwan Hamadeh16 May 19927 Nov 1996Suleiman Frangieh7 Nov 19964 Dec 1998Karam Karam4 Dec 199826 Oct 2000Suleiman Frangieh26 Oct 200026 Oct 2004Mohamad Khalifeh26 Oct 200413 Jan 2011Position vacant13 Jan 201113 Jun 2011Ali Hassan Khalil13 Jun 201115 Feb 2014Wael Abou Faour15 Feb 201418 Dec 2016Ghassan Hasbani18 Dec 201631 Jan 2019Jamil Jabak31 Jan 201921 Jan 2020Hamad Hasan21 Jan 202010 Sep 2021Firass Abiad10 Sep 20218 Feb 2025Rakan Nassereddine8 Feb 2025Incumbent
See also Health in Lebanon
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