The number of ministerial portfolios in a Lebanese government is 24 and any additional number will go for state ministries.

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In the current cabinet, there are 6 state ministers distributed as follows:

State Ministry for presidential affairs

State Ministry for parliament affairs

State Ministry for administrative development

State Ministry for women’s affairs

State Ministry for anti-corruption affairs

State Ministry for refugees’ affairs

Since 1943 and until today, Lebanon has witnessed the formation of 74 cabinets, 25 of which included state ministers.

A study conducted by regional research and consultancy firm Information International, the number of state ministers since the independence has reached 123 ministers.

A state minister receives allocations and compensations amounting to LBP 8.625 million per month.

123 state ministers over the years have cost the state treasury LBP 20 billion, an expense without any budget for the ministers to work with and without any productivity and revenues in return.

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