🇱🇧 Nawaf Salam
Prime Minister of Lebanon since February 8, 2025
How long has Nawaf Salam been in office?
As of October 17, 2026, Nawaf Salam has been in office for 616 days as Prime Minister of Lebanon, with no scheduled end date. There is no scheduled end date to count down to. Lebanon is classified as an electoral autocracy: elections are held, but they rarely change who is in charge.
616 days in office. No fixed end date has been scheduled yet.
How long do leaders of Lebanon usually stay in office?
Lebanon has had 25 prime ministers since 1927. A completed tenure has averaged 601 days (about 1.6 years), and the longest was Rashid Karami at 4,835 days. All of them have been men. Nawaf Salam has served 616 days so far, 2% longer than that average. The previous officeholder, Mohamed Agha, served 1,247 days. Lebanon is classified as an electoral autocracy.
Key facts
| Role | Prime Minister of Lebanon |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Political system | Electoral autocracy (Regimes of the World, 2025) |
| Born | December 15, 1953 (age 72) |
| Took office | February 8, 2025 (aged 71) |
| Term ends | No fixed date |
| Officeholder no. | 50th Prime Minister of Lebanon |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Agha |
| Vs. average | 616 days served — 2% longer than the historical average of 601 days (so far) |
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