The new cabinet, which was announced on state television on Sunday evening, will keep Gebran Bassil as foreign minister, Ali Hassan Khalil as finance minister and Nouhad Machnouk as interior minister.
The cabinet will also include Yacoub al-Sarraf as the new defence minister and Cesar Abou Khalil as the new energy and water minister, two of the other most important jobs.
"This is a government of entente," Hariri said of the new line-up, formed six weeks after the election of President Michel Aoun .
New portfolios include an anti-corruption post and, for the first time, a minister of state for women's affairs.
Hariri said the Phalangist party had been offered a minister of state post but had turned it down.
'Preserve security'
The new government will have "at the top of its list of priorities to preserve security against the fires ravaging our region," Hariri told reporters.
He stressed that the government would act to "preserve our country from the negative consequences of the Syrian crisis".
On November 3, former prime minister Hariri was nominated to form Lebanon's next government, but the process was seen as likely to be hampered by deep differences with Hezbollah, an influential Shia movement.
Hariri, 46, is anti-Syria and a fierce opponent of Hezbollah, members of which have been accused by an international court of involvement in his father's 2005 assassination.
"This is a government of entente," Hariri said of the new line-up, formed six weeks after the election of President Michel Aoun .
New portfolios include an anti-corruption post and, for the first time, a minister of state for women's affairs.
Hariri said the Phalangist party had been offered a minister of state post but had turned it down.
'Preserve security'
The new government will have "at the top of its list of priorities to preserve security against the fires ravaging our region," Hariri told reporters.
He stressed that the government would act to "preserve our country from the negative consequences of the Syrian crisis".
On November 3, former prime minister Hariri was nominated to form Lebanon's next government, but the process was seen as likely to be hampered by deep differences with Hezbollah, an influential Shia movement.
Hariri, 46, is anti-Syria and a fierce opponent of Hezbollah, members of which have been accused by an international court of involvement in his father's 2005 assassination.
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