Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 30

25-July-2005

LEBANON

Siniora Forms Government Of Politicians And Technocrats

Lebanons new Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on 19 July formed a government of 24 ministers dominated by an anti-Syrian coalition which swept the recent elections, made up of politicians and technocrats. The new cabinet is the first to be formed since Syria ended its three-decade military presence in April, and the first to include a member of the Shi'ite resistance group...