Samir Mokbel | |
Native Name: | سمير مقبل |
Native Name Lang: | Arabic |
Office: | Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon |
Term Start: | 13 June 2011 |
Term End: | 18 December 2016 |
President: | Michel Suleiman Tammam Salam Michel Aoun |
Primeminister: | Najib Mikati Tammam Salam |
Predecessor: | Elias Murr |
Successor: | Ghassan Hasbani |
Office1: | Minister of National Defence |
Term Start1: | 15 February 2014 |
Term End1: | 18 December 2016 |
Primeminister1: | Tammam Salam |
Predecessor1: | Fayez Ghosn |
Successor1: | Yaacoub Sarraf |
Birth Date: | 1939 11, df=yes |
Nationality: | Lebanese |
Party: | Independent |
Samir Mokbel (ar|سمير مقبل) (born 13 November 1939)[1] is a Lebanese politician. He was the deputy prime minister and defense minister of Lebanon.
Mouqbel was born in 1939.[2] He graduated from the American University of Beirut with a degree in civil engineering.[3]
Mouqbel is a Greek Orthodox Christian Independent, and was Lebanon's first state minister responsible for environment from 1992 to 1995 in the first cabinet of Rafic Hariri.[3] He was appointed deputy to the prime minister Najib Mikati on 13 June 2011.[4] [5] He was reappointed deputy prime minister in the cabinet led by Tammam Salam in February 2013.[6] He was also appointed defense minister, replacing Fayez Ghosn in the post.[6] [7]