# Nazem Akkari

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Lebanese politician (1902–1985)

Nazem Akkari ناظم عكاري Prime Minister of Lebanon In office 9 September 1952 – 14 September 1952 President Bechara El Khoury Deputy Basil Trad Preceded by Sami Solh Succeeded by Saeb Salam Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon In office 18 September 1952 – 30 September 1952 President Fouad Chehab (acting) Camille Chamoun Prime Minister Fouad Chehab (acting) Preceded by Basil Trad Succeeded by Gabriel El Murr Personal details Born 1902 (1902) Tripoli, Lebanon Died 11 March 1985(1985-03-11) (aged 82–83) Party Independent Occupation Politician

**Nazem Akkari** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): ناظم عكاري; 1902 in [Tripoli](/source/Tripoli%2C_Lebanon), [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire) – 11 March 1985)[1] was a Lebanese politician who served as the 7th [prime minister of Lebanon](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Lebanon) and then the 9th [deputy prime minister of Lebanon](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Lebanon) in 1952 during the most turbulent time of transfer of power from President [Bechara El Khoury](/source/Bechara_El_Khoury) to President [Camille Chamoun](/source/Camille_Chamoun).

## Prime Minister

During the last month of the rule of incumbent President [Bechara El Khoury](/source/Bechara_El_Khoury), the Lebanese president of the Republic was faced with fierce opposition that objected to his plans for renewal for a second term. The opposition was led by a big coalition of Christian and Muslim forces under the banner of the "National Socialist Front".

El Khoury assigned Nazem Akkari to form an emergency caretaker government until the Presidential elections. The result was a three-member cabinet that included:[2]

- Nazem Akkari - [Prime Minister of Lebanon](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Lebanon)—also carrying the portfolios of Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs, Defense,[3] Agriculture and Information

- Basil Trad - [Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Lebanon)—also carrying portfolios of Economy, Public Works, Education, Health

- Moussa Moubarak - portfolios for Justice, Finance, Social Affairs, Post Telephone and Telegraph (PTT)

The Akkari government was declared on 9 September 1952.

On 9 October 1958, in an internal memo from the US Embassy in Lebanon to the US Department of State, US Diplomat McClintock relates his discussions about the political crisis with General Fouad Chehab. He mentions that Chehab had in mind a “neutral” cabinet made up largely of military officers with a leavening of experienced civilians. He said, for example, that Prime Minister would be either Nazem Akkari Sunni Muslim Chef de Cabinet at Prime Minister’s office, an old wheelhorse in the Civil Service who once held Prime Ministership in 1952, or Ahmed Daouk, longtime Ambassador in Paris, also a Sunni Muslim.

## Deputy Prime Minister

Akkari's premiership led way to a new military-led government under the supervision of the temporary holding of power by General Chehab. In this new takeover government, Nazem Akkari was assigned as [Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Lebanon) and given the portfolios of Foreign Affairs, Interior Affair, Public Works, Information, Education, Post Telephone and Telegraph (PTT) and Agriculture until installation of the new president Camille Chamoun.

Things only settled with the assignment of [Khaled Chehab](/source/Khaled_Chehab) as Prime Minister on 1 October 1952. This government survived for seven months during the reign of President Camille Chamoun and lasted until 1 May 1953.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Akkari Nazem - Memoires de guerre"](http://la-loupe.over-blog.net/article-akkari-nazem-68723822.html). 6 March 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Ya Beyrouth: تشكيل حكومة السيد ناظم عكاري](http://www.yabeyrouth.com/pages/index1397.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121109102825/http://yabeyrouth.com/pages/index1397.htm) 9 November 2012 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)) (Arabic)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["الوزراء المتعاقبون على وزارة الدفاع الوطني"](http://www.pcm.gov.lb/arabic/subpg.aspx?pageid=2017) [Successive ministers of the Ministry of National Defense]. *pcm.gov.lb* (in Arabic). Government of Lebanon. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

- Le général Chehab au pouvoir, assisté de deux ministres civils, MM. Basile Trad et Nazem Akkari, proclamation publiée dans Le Monde, le 19 septembre 1952. [https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1952/09/19/le-general-chehab-prend-le-pouvoir-le-president-de-la-republique-qui-a-donne-sa-demission-part-pour-la-france_3031390_1819218.html?random=34937064](https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1952/09/19/le-general-chehab-prend-le-pouvoir-le-president-de-la-republique-qui-a-donne-sa-demission-part-pour-la-france_3031390_1819218.html?random=34937064)

## External links

- Media related to [Nazem Akkari](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nazem_Akkari) at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices Preceded by Sami Solh Prime Minister of Lebanon 1952 Succeeded by Saeb Salam Preceded by Basil Trad Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon 1952 Succeeded by Gabriel El Murr

v t e Prime ministers of Lebanon (list) French Mandate (1918–1943) French Mandate of Lebanon office established 1926 Auguste Adib Pacha Bechara El Khoury Habib Pacha Es-Saad Bechara El Khoury Émile Eddé Auguste Adib Pacha Charles Debbas Abdallah Beyhum Ayoub Tabet Khayreddin al-Ahdab Khaled Chehab Abdallah El-Yafi Abdallah Beyhum* Alfred Naqqache Ahmad Daouk Sami Solh Ayoub Tabet Petro Trad Lebanese Republic (since 1943) Lebanese Republic Riad Al Solh Abdul Hamid Karami Sami Solh Saadi Al Munla Riad Al Solh Hussein Al Oweini Abdallah Yafi Sami Solh Nazem Akkari Saeb Salam Fuad Chehab* Khaled Chehab Saeb Salam Abdallah Yafi Sami Solh Rashid Karami Abdallah Yafi Sami Solh Khalil al-Hibri Rashid Karami Ahmad Daouk Saeb Salam Rashid Karami Hussein Al Oweini Rashid Karami Abdallah El-Yafi Rashid Karami Abdallah El-Yafi Rashid Karami Saeb Salam Amine Hafez Takieddin el-Solh Rachid Solh Nureddine Rifai Rashid Karami Salim Al-Huss Takieddin el-Solh Shafik Wazzan Rashid Karami Salim Al-Huss Michel Aoun Salim Al-Huss Omar Karami Rachid Solh Rafic Hariri Salim Al-Huss Rafic Hariri Omar Karami Najib Mikati Fouad Siniora Saad Hariri Najib Mikati Tammam Salam Saad Hariri Hassan Diab Najib Mikati Nawaf Salam * denotes acting

v t e Deputy prime ministers of Lebanon Lebanese Republic (since 1943) Lebanese Republic Habib Abu Shahla Nicolas Ghosn Gabriel Murr Sabri Hamadeh Gabriel Murr Gibran Nahas Philippe Najib Boulos Fouad Al-Khoury Basil Trad Nazem Akkari Gabriel Murr Fouad Nicolas Ghosn Naseem Majdalani Philippe Najib Boulos Gibran Nahas Naseem Majdalani Fouad Boutros Fouad Nicolas Ghosn Naseem Majdalani Fouad Nicolas Ghosn Ghassan Tueni Albert Moukheiber Fouad Nicolas Ghosn Michel Georges Sassine Moussa Kanaan Fouad Boutros Elie Salem Victor Kassir Issam Abu Jamra Michel Georges Sassine Michel Murr Issam Fares Elias Murr Issam Abu Jamra Elias Murr Samir Mouqbel Ghassan Hasbani Zeina Akar Saadeh Al Shami Tarek Mitri

v t e Foreign ministers of Lebanon Pharaon (1945) Frangieh (1945–46) Abu Shahla (1946) Pharaon (1946–47) Frangieh (1947–49) Takla (1949–51) Al Oweini (1951) Helou (1951–52) Takla (1952) Akkari (1952) Moubarak (1952–53) Chehab (1953) Hakim (1953) Naqqache (1953–55) Frangieh (1955) Lahoud (1955–57) Malik (1957–58) Takla (1958) Al Oweini (1958–60) Takla (1960–64) Ammoun (1964) Takla (1964–65) Al Oweini (1965) Hakim (1965–66) Takla (1966) Hakim (1966–68) Boutros (1968) Al Oweini (1968–69) Karami (1969) Salem (1969) Majdalani (1969–70) Abou Hamad (1970–73) Babikian (1973) Naffah (1973–74) Takla (1974–75) Dahdah (1975) Takla (1975–76) Chamoun (1976) Boutros (1976–82) Salem (1982–84) Karami (1984–87) Hoss (1987–90) Boueiz (1990–92) Maalouf (1992) Boueiz (1992–98) Hoss (1998–2000) Hammoud (2000–03) Obeid (2003–05) Hammoud (2004–05) Salloukh (2005–09) Al Shami (2009–11) Mansour (2011–14) Bassil (2014–20) Hitti (2020) Wehbe (2020–21) Akar (interim) (2021) Bou Habib (2021–2025) Rajji (2025–present)

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