Ministry of Interior and Municipalities

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The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities in Lebanon is responsible for governorate, caza, municipalities, federation of municipalities and village matters, in addition to political parties and organizations. The ministry was created in the first post-independence government in 1943. In 2000, it was named the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities.

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12 September 2012

Lebanon: Local government training of trainers helping make cities more resilient

The workshop 'comes in due time to involve municipalities in disaster risk reduction, especially that Lebanon is prone to natural disasters, most notably earthquakes', said a Ministry of Interior and Municipalities representative, whilst the advisor to the Prime Minister and national focal point for disaster risk management highlighted 'the close inter-linkages between poverty reduction, development, and disaster risk reduction...'