Lebanon: Rulers of Lebanon
(1926 - Present)
Presidents
| Charles Debbas | 9/1/1926-1/2/1934 |
| Antoine Privat-Aubouard | 1/2/1934-1/30/1934 |
| Habib Pacha Es-Saad (1867-1942) | 1/30/1934-1/20/1936 |
| Émile Eddé (1886-1949) | 1/20/1936-4/4/1941 |
| Alfred Georges Naqqache (1887-1978) | 4/9/1941-3/18/1943 |
| Ayub Thabit (1884-1951) | 3/19/1943-7/21/1943 |
| Petro Trad (1886-1947) | 7/22/1943-9/20/1943 |
| Bishara al-Khuri (1892-1964) | 9/21/1943-11/11/1943 |
| Émile Eddé (2nd time) | 11/11/1943-11/22/1943 |
| Bishara al-Khuri (2nd time) | 11/22/1943-9/18/1952 |
| Camille Chamoun (1900-1987) | 9/23/1952-9/22/1958 |
| Fuad Chehab (2nd time) | 9/23/1958-9/22/1964 |
| Charles Hélou (1912) | 9/23/1964-9/22/1970 |
| Suleiman Franjieh (1910-1992) | 9/23/1970-9/22/1976 |
| Elias Sarkis (1924-1985) | 9/23/1976-9/22/1982 |
| Amin Gemayel (1942) | 9/23/1982-9/22/1988 |
| Selim al-Hoss (1929, acting) | 9/23/1988-11/5/1989 |
| René Moawad (1925-1989) | 11/5/1989-11/22/1989 |
| Elias Hrawi (1926) | 11/24/1989-11/24/1998 |
| Émile Lahoud (1936) | 11/24/1998-11/24/2007 |
| Fouad Siniora (1943, acting) | 11/24/2007-5/25/2008 |
| Michael Suleiman (1948) | 5/25/2008-5/25/2014 |
| Tammam Salam (1948) | 5/25/2014-10/31/2016 |
| Michel Aoun | 10/31/2016-Present |
Prime Ministers
| Ayub Thabit | 1/30/1936-1/5/1937 |
| Khayreddin al-Ahdab | 1/5/1937-3/18/1938 |
| Amir Khalid Chehab (1892-?) | 3/18/1938-10/24/1938 |
| Abdullah Aref al-Yafi (1901) | 10/24/1938-9/21/1939 |
| Abdullah Bayhum | 9/21/1939-4/4/1941 |
| Alfred Georges Naqqache | 4/7/1941-11/26/1941 |
| Ahmed Daouk (1892-?) | 12/1/1941-7/26/1942 |
| Sami as-Solh (1890-1968) | 7/26/1942-3/22/1943 |
| Ayub Thabit (2nd time) | 3/22/1943-7/21/1943 |
| Petro Trad | 8/1/1943-9/25/1943 |
| Riad as-Solh (1894-1951) | 9/25/1943-1/10/1945 |
| Abdul Hamid Karami (1890-1947) | 1/10/1945-8/20/1945 |
| Sami as-Solh (2nd time) | 8/23/1945-5/22/1946 |
| Saadi al-Munla | 5/22/1946-12/14/1946 |
| Riad as-Solh (2nd time) | 12/14/1946-2/24/1951 |
| Hussein al-Oweini (1900-1971) | 2/14/1951-4/7/1951 |
| Abdullah Aref al-Yafi (2nd time) | 4/7/1951-2/11/1952 |
| Sami as-Solh (3rd time) | 2/11/1952-9/9/1952 |
| Nazim al-Akkari (1902) | 9/10/1952-9/14/1952 |
| Saeb Salam (1905-2000) | 9/14/1952-9/18/1952 |
| Abdullah Aref al-Yafi (3rd time) | 9/24/1952-9/30/1952 |
| Amir Khalid Chehab (2nd time) | 10/1/1952-5/1/1953 |
| Saeb Salam (2nd time) | 5/1/1953-8/13/1953 |
| Abdullah Aref al-Yafi (4th time) | 8/16/1953-9/16/1954 |
| Sami as-Solh (4th time) | 9/16/1954-9/19/1955 |
| Rashid Karami (1921-1987) | 9/19/1955-3/20/1956 |
| Abdullah Aref al-Yafi (5th time) | 3/20/1956-11/18/1956 |
| Sami as-Solh (5th time) | 11/27/1956-9/20/1958 |
| Khalid al-Hibri (1905) | 9/20/1958-9/24/1958 |
| Rashid Karami (2nd time) | 9/24/1958-5/14/1960 |
| Ahmed Daouk (2nd time) | 5/14/1960-8/1/1960 |
| Saeb Salam (3rd time) | 8/2/1960-10/31/1961 |
| Rashid Karami (3rd time) | 10/31/1961-2/20/1964 |
| Hussein al-Oweini (2nd time) | 2/20/1964-7/25/1965 |
| Rashid Karami (4th time) | 7/25/1965-4/9/1966 |
| Abdullah Aref al-Yafi (6th time) | 4/9/1966-12/2/1966 |
| Rashid Karami (5th time) | 12/7/1966-2/8/1968 |
| Abdullah Aref al-Yafi (7th time) | 2/8/1968-1/15/1969 |
| Rashid Karami (6th time) | 1/15/1969-10/13/1970 |
| Saeb Salam (4th time) | 10/13/1970-4/25/1973 |
| Amin al-Hafez (1921) | 4/25/1973-6/21/1973 |
| Takieddin as-Solh (1909-1988) | 6/21/1973-10/31/1974 |
| Rashid as-Solh (1926) | 10/31/1974-5/24/1975 |
| Nureddin Rifai (1899) | 5/24/1975-6/30/1975 |
| Rashid Karami (7th time) | 7/1/1975-12/8/1976 |
| Selim al-Hoss (1929) | 12/8/1976-7/20/1980 |
| Takieddin as-Solh (2nd time) | 7/20/1980-10/25/1980 |
| Shafiq al-Wazzan (1925-1999) | 10/25/1980-4/30/1984 |
| Rashid Karami (8th time) | 4/30/1984-6/1/1987 |
| Selim al-Hoss (2nd time) | 6/1/1987-12/24/1990 |
| Michel Aoun (1935) | 9/23/1988-10/13/1990 |
| Omar Karami (1934) | 12/24/1990-5/13/1992 |
| Rashid as-Solh (2nd time) | 5/13/1992-10/31/1992 |
| Rafiq al-Hariri (1944-2005) | 10/31/1992-12/2/1998 |
| Selim al-Hoss (3rd time) | 12/2/1998-10/24/2000 |
| Rafiq al-Hariri (2nd time) | 10/24/2000-10/21/2004 |
| Omar Karami (2nd time) | 10/21/2004-4/19/2005 |
| Najib Mikati (1955) | 4/19/2005-7/19/2005 |
| Fouad Siniora (1943) | 7/19/2005-11/9/2009 |
| Saad Hariri (1971) | 11/9/2009-June 2011 |
| Najib Mikati | 6/13/2011-2/15/2014 |
| Tammam Salam | 2/15/2014-12/18/2016 |
| Saad Hariri | 12/18/2016-Present |
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