The Second cabinet of Omar Karami (26 October 2004 to 19 April 2005) was the 67th Lebanese cabinet, led by Prime Minister Omar Karami. The cabinet came after the collapse of the Fifth cabinet of Rafic Hariri resigned in the uproar following the parliamentary extension of the presidency of Émile Lahoud for three years. The Karami cabinet itself fell six months later during the Cedar Revolution, which was sparked by the assassination of Rafik Hariri, the previous prime minister.
Composition
The cabinet members were as follows:
| Lebanese Government of October 2004 | |||
| Portfolio | Minister | Political affiliation | Religious Sect |
| Prime Minister Omar Karami's Share (2/30) | |||
| Prime Minister | Omar Karami | Arab Liberation Party | Sunni |
| Minister of Education | Ahmad Sami Minkara | Independent | Sunni |
| Development and Liberation Bloc Share (3/30) | |||
| Minister of Social Affairs | Ghazi Zaiter | Amal Movement | Shia |
| Minister of Health | Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh | Amal Movement | Shia |
| Minister of Public Works | Yassine Jaber | Amal Movement | Shia |
| Syrian Social Nationalist Bloc Share (3/30) | |||
| Deputy Prime Minister | Issam Fares | SSNP | Greek Orthodox |
| Minister of State | Albert Mansour | SSNP | Greek Catholic |
| Minister of State | Mahmoud Abdel Khalek | SSNP | Druze |
| Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bloc Share (2/30) | |||
| Minister of Youth and Sports | Sebouh Hovnanian | Armenian Revolutionary Federation | Armenian Orthodox |
| Minister of State | Alain Tabourian | Armenian Revolutionary Federation | Armenian Orthodox |
| Pro-Syrian Ministers (9/30) | |||
| Minister of Interior | Suleiman Frangieh Jr. | Marada Movement | Maronite |
| Minister of Information | Elie Ferzli | Independent | Greek Orthodox |
| Minister of State | Elias Skaff | Popular Bloc | Greek Catholic |
| Minister of Defense | Abdel Rahim Mrad | Union Party | Sunni |
| Minister of Justice | Adnan Addoum | Independent | Sunni |
| Minister of Labor | Assem Qanso | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | Shia |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates | Mahmoud Hammoud | Independent | Shia |
| Minister of Displaced | Talal Arslan | Lebanese Democratic Party | Druze |
| Minister of Environment | Wiam Wahhab | Independents | Druze |
| Independents (11/30) | |||
| Minister of Telecommunications | Jean Louis Cardahi | Independent | Maronite |
| Minister of Tourism | Wadih El Khazen | Independent | Maronite |
| Minister of Culture | Naji Boustani | Independent | Maronite |
| Minister for Administrative Reform | Ibrahim Daher | Independent | Maronite |
| Minister of State | Youssef Alameh | Independent | Maronite |
| Minister of Finance | Elias Saba | Independent | Greek Orthodox |
| Minister of State | Karam Karam | Independent | Greek Orthodox |
| Minister of Energy and Water | Maurice Sehnaoui | Independent | Greek Catholic |
| Minister of Economy | Adnan Kassar | Independent | Sunni |
| Minister of Industry | Leila Al Solh | Independent | Sunni |
| Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs | Wafaa Hamza | Independent | Shia |
See also
- List of cabinets of Lebanon
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