Hassan Diab heads the new formed Lebanese government

On January 21, Lebanese President Michel Aoun issued a decree forming  a new government headed by Hassan Diab, which includes 20 ministers, including 6 women.

“The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Cabinet  Mahmoud Makiya, announced that Aoun and Diab signed the decree forming the new government in Baabda Palace,” the Lebanese National News Agency reported.

Diab said in a press conference shortly after the formation of the government that the new government will work to fulfill the Lebanese demands to fight corruption and recover the looted money.

Diab said that  the  government is a government of specialists and are not affected by politics and its struggles and search for a promising future for their homeland.

The new government includes twenty new ministers, Zeina Akkar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Nassif Hatti Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ghazi Wazni Minister of Finance, Muhammad Fahmy Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Raymond Ghajar Minister of Energy and Water, Talal Hawat Minister of Communications, Raoul Naama Minister of Economy and Trade, and Mary Claude Najm Minister of Justice Minister of Labor, Manal Abdel Samadv Minister of Information, Ghada Shraim Minister of Immigrants, and Vartini Ohanyan Minister of Youth and Sports.

O. al-Mohammad