Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1943 – present

Lebanon

A state of 1943 – present — 83 years, still standing in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon and Lebanese Republic under French mandate. The atlas records 87 things within it — wars and battles 25 · unrest and atrocity 16 · famine and plague 1 · people 45. Its line of rulers holds 20 people, 19 with dated terms.

  • Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
83 years
and still standing
Rulers
20
the President of Lebanon
Most ground
9,900 km²
in 1946
Within it
87
recorded rows
Symbols
2
on record, with years
Map: Lebanon in 1946, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Lebanon in 1946, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 9,900 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon: 1923 – 1946Lebanon: 1943 – 2026

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Rulers

The line of President of Lebanon - the office this state names as its head of state.

Émile Eddé · 1936 – 1941 · left office aliveAlfred Naqqache · 1941 – 1943 · left office aliveÉmile Eddé · 1943 – 1943 · left office aliveAyoub Tabet · 1943 – 1943 · left office alivePetro Trad · 1943 – 1943 · left office aliveBechara El Khoury · 1943 – 1952 · left office aliveCamille Chamoun · 1952 – 1958 · left office aliveFouad Chehab · 1958 – 1964 · left office aliveCharles Helou · 1964 – 1970 · left office aliveSuleiman Frangieh · 1970 – 1976 · left office aliveÉlias Sarkis · 1976 – 1982 · left office aliveAmine Gemayel · 1982 – 1988 · no death date to read the end againstMichel Aoun · 1988 – 1990 · no death date to read the end againstRené Moawad · 1989 – 1989 · killedElias Hrawi · 1989 – 1998 · left office aliveÉmile Lahoud · 1998 – 2007 · no death date to read the end againstFouad Siniora · 2007 – 2008 · no death date to read the end againstMichel Suleiman · 2008 – 2014 · no death date to read the end againstTammam Salam · 2014 – 2016 · no death date to read the end againstMichel Aoun · 2016 – 2022 · no death date to read the end againstJoseph Aoun · 2025 – … · still in office1960198020002020
killed, executed or dead in battleleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Émile Eddé1936 – 19415 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Alfred Naqqache1941 – 19432 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Émile Eddé1943 – 1943under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Ayoub Tabet1943 – 1943under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Petro Trad1943 – 1943under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Bechara El Khoury1943 – 19529 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Camille Chamoun1952 – 19586 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Fouad Chehab1958 – 19646 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Charles Helou1964 – 19706 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Suleiman Frangieh1970 – 19766 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Élias Sarkis1976 – 19826 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Amine Gemayel1982 – 19886 yearsending not on record
Michel Aoun1988 – 19902 yearsending not on record
René Moawad1989 – 1989under a yearkilledWikidata's manner of death
Elias Hrawi1989 – 19989 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Émile Lahoud1998 – 20079 yearsending not on record
Fouad Siniora2007 – 20081 yearending not on record
Michel Suleiman2008 – 20146 yearsending not on record
Tammam Salam2014 – 20162 yearsending not on record
Michel Aoun2016 – 20226 yearsending not on record
Joseph Aoun2025 – in officein office since 2025still in office

20 rulers, 19 with terms dated as terms, covering 1936 – 2025. Median reign 6 years. 3 of 20 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 0.92, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Heads of government

The line of Prime Minister of Lebanon, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.

Abdallah Beyhumlived 1879 – 1962
Sami as-Solhlived 1887 – 1968
Abdul Hamid Karamilived 1890 – 1950
Saadi Al Munlalived 1890 – 1975
Ahmad Daouklived 1892 – 1979
Khaled Chehablived 1892 – 1978
Khayreddin al-Ahdablived 1894 – 1941
Nureddine Rifailived 1899 – 1980
Hussein al-Oweinilived 1900 – 1971
Khalil al-Hibrilived 1904 – 1979
Saeb Salamlived 1905 – 2000
Abderrahman El Kouchlived 1913 – 1980
Abdallah El-Yafi1938 – 1939
Alfred Naqqache1941 – 1941
Ayoub Tabet1943 – 1943
Petro Trad1943 – 1943
Riad Al Solh1943 – 1945
Riad Al Solh1946 – 1951
Abdallah El-Yafi1952 – 1952
Nazem Akkari1952 – 1952
Rashid Karami1955 – 1956
Abdallah El-Yafi1956 – 1958
Rashid Karami1958 – 1960
Rashid Karami1961 – 1964
Rashid Karami1965 – 1966
Abdallah El-Yafi1966 – 1966
Abdallah El-Yafi1968 – 1969
Rashid Karami1969 – 1970
Takieddin el-Solh1973 – 1974
Amin al-Hafez1973 – 1973
Rachid Solh1974 – 1975
Rashid Karami1975 – 1976
Salim al-Huss1976 – 1980
Shafik Wazzan1980 – 1984
Rashid Karami1984 – 1987
Salim al-Huss1987 – 1990
Michel Aoun1988 – 1990
Omar Karami1990 – 1992
Rafic Hariri1992 – 1998
Rachid Solh1992 – 1992
Salim al-Huss1998 – 2000
Rafic Hariri2000 – 2004
Omar Karami2004 – 2005
Fouad Siniora2005 – 2009
Najib Mikati2005 – 2005
Saad Hariri2009 – 2011
Najib Mikati2011 – 2014
Tammam Salam2014 – 2016
Saad Hariri2016 – 2019
Hassan Diab2020 – 2021
Najib Mikati2021 – 2025
Nawaf Salam2025 – …

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

1960198020002020

9,800 km² in 1953, 9,700 km² in 2023; at its largest 9,800 km² in 1953. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Flag of Lebanon
    flag, from 1943Flag of Lebanon · Public domain
  • Coat of arms of Lebanon
    coat of arms, from 1991Coat of arms of Lebanon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Zscout370

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1900 – 1999: 63 recorded — 14 wars and battles, 8 risings, regime changes and massacres, 41 other19002000 – 2099: 20 recorded — 11 wars and battles, 8 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other2000

1900 – 199963 rows · 14 wars and battles · 8 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 55 more in the atlas.

2000 – 209920 rows · 11 wars and battles · 8 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 12 more in the atlas.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood83 years

    stood longer than 43% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held9,900 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 14% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per century10.0

    had more wars on record per century than 100% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median6 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 22% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record20

    has more rulers on record than 91% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 16 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon · Linked · 1923 – 1946Mandate for Syria and the LebanonLebanese Republic under French mandate · Linked · 1926 – 1943Lebanese Republic under French m…Règlement Organique · In the article · 1860 · “Shortly afterwards, the Emirate of Mount Lebanon, which lasted about 400 years, was replaced by the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, as a result of a European-Ott…”Règlement OrganiqueMurad IV · In the article · 1612 · “Expanding his influence extensively, he even constructed a fort in Palmyra. This expansion raised concerns for Ottoman Sultan Murad IV, leading to a punitive …”Murad IVWorld War II · In the article · 1939 · “Following the end of World War II in Europe the French mandate may be said to have been terminated without any formal action on the part of the League of Nati…”World War IIAhmad Nami · Coincidence · 1873 – 1962Ahmad NamiLebanon · 1943 – 2026Lebanon16001700180019002000
in the articlelinkedcoincidence

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q822 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.