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Monaco’s judicial authorities announce they have closed a probe against Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati and his family over corruption allegations due to lack of evidence.
2023-08-25

A new government is formed in Lebanon, with Najib Mikati becoming Prime Minister of Lebanon for the third time.
2021-09-10

Lebanese political activist and Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim is assassinated, with his body being found inside his car with multiple gunshot wounds in Sidon District. Prime Minister Hassan Diab says "this heinous crime shall not pass without accountability".
2021-02-4

Mustapha Adib, the current Lebanese ambassador to Germany, is designated by President Michel Aoun as the country's prime minister following the resignation of Hassan Diab and his cabinet in the wake of the Beirut explosion earlier this month.
2020-08-31

Several explosions in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, kill more than 70 people, injure more than 4,000 others and send shock waves that damage homes as far as 10 kilometers (6 miles) away. Prime Minister Hassan Diab, whose wife and daughter are among the injured, declares Wednesday a national day of mourning. The shockwave was felt in a few nearby countries.
2020-08-4

Lebanon forms a new government with former American University of Beirut professor Hassan Diab as its Prime Minister, ending a three-month deadlock. Protestors subsequently march on Parliament to protest the new government.
2020-01-21

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri submits his resignation to President Michel Aoun.
2019-10-29

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resigns, citing assassination threats.
2017-11-4

In Lebanon, President Michel Suleiman asks Tammam Salam, a legislator and a former minister of culture, to head a new cabinet after a vast majority of the members of Parliament chose him for the job.
2013-04-6

Najib Mikati announces his resignation as Prime Minister of Lebanon.
2013-03-22