Bassam Mawlawi is the Minister of interior and Municipalities of Lebanon in the third government of Najib Mikati and has been serving since September 2021.[1] Before becoming interior minister, Bassam Mawlawi served as a judge and presided over Beirut's Court of Instance and the North Lebanon Criminal Court. On September 10, 2021, Mawlawi was nominated for interior minister by Saad Hariri as part of Mikati's third cabinet.[2]