Ministry of National Defense (Lebanon)

Lebanese Republic
Ministry of National Defense
وزارة الدفاع الوطني
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Lebanon
Headquarters	Yarze, Baabda, Mount Lebanon ; 33°50′29″N 35°33′10″E / 33.84139°N 35.55278°E
Agency executives	Maurice Sleem, Minister of National Defense; Gen. Joseph Aoun, Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces; Emir Majid Arslan, inaugural holder;
Website	Official website

The Ministry of National Defense (Arabic: وزارة الدفاع الوطني Wizārat al-Difāʾ al-Waṭanī) is Lebanon's service section for the Lebanese Armed Forces. The Ministry is located in Yarzeh, Baabda District, Mount Lebanon.^[1] The building which is considered the biggest Ministry building in Lebanon was designed by the French architect André Wogenscky in 1968.^[2] The ministry building also houses the Lebanese Military Museum.

^ "Address." [sic] Ministry of National Defense. Retrieved on 3 March 2013. "Ministry of Defense Lebanese Armed Forces Yarzeh, Lebanon" - Arabic Archived 2013-03-02 at the Wayback Machine: "وزارة الدفاع الوطني الجيش اللبناني اليرزة، لبنان" - French Archived 2013-01-17 at the Wayback Machine: "Ministère de la Défense Nationale l’Armée Libanaise Yarzé, Liban"
^ Postiglione, Gennaro (2004). One Hundred Houses. Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8228-6312-1.