Ministry of Social Affairs (Lebanon)

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The Ministry of Social Affairs (Arabic: وزارة الشؤون الإجتماعية‎) in Lebanon was created in 1993 by Law Number 212 and modified by Law Number 327 and Decree Number 5734.

The current Minister of Social Affairs is Wael Abou Faour from the Progressive Socialist Party.

The Ministry of Social Affairs includes the following departments:

• Administrative Department (al-Diwan)
• Department of Planning and Research
• Department of Accounting
• Department of Development Services
• Department of Disabled persons
• Department of Social welfare
• Department of Private associations & Institutions
• Department of Family Social Services
• Department of Handcrafts
• Department of Social Development

External links

• Ministry of Social Affairs^{[dead link]}