Historical studies and archaeological excavations indicate that the city of Byblos (Jbeil) is one of the oldest Phoenician cities and one of the oldest cities in the world, which has made it one of the most important sites included on the World Heritage List. Like other Phoenician cities, Byblos witnessed the succession of many civilizations, evidenced by the remaining ruins and monuments of various styles and origins. The Phoenician, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Crusader, and Ottoman eras have all left their mark, many of which remain to this day. The first municipality in Lebanon was established in 1879, and the Municipality of Jbeil-Byblos was among the first. Its municipal council consists of eighteen members. List of Mayors of Jbeil-Byblos:
Mr. Khalil Basil – from 1916 to 1919
Mr. Youakim Nakhle – from 1919 to 1921
Mr. Edouard Al-Sayyad – from 1922 to 1924
Mr. Gabriel Al-Tawileh – from 1924 to 1932
Mr. Michel Nakhle – from 1932 to 1934
Mr. Gabriel Zaarour – from June 1934 to December 1934
Mr. Salameh Salameh – from 1935 to 1938
Mr. Bechara Merhi Al-Kallab – from 1938 to 1946
Dr. Gabriel Al-Tawileh – from 1950 to 1952
Dr. Antoine Al-Chami – from 1952 to 1954
Mr. Ibrahim Zaarour – from 1955 to 1959
Mr. Georges Harb – from 1959 to 1963
Dr. Antoine Al-Chami – from 1963 to 1998
Eng. Jean-Louis Kordahi – from 1998 to 2000
Lawyer Raphael Sfeir – from 2000 to 2004
Mr. Gino Merhi Al-Kallab – from 2004 to 2007
Dr. Joseph Al-Chami – from 2007 to 2010
Mr. Ziad Al-Hawat – from 2010 to 2017
Mr. Wissam Zaarour – from 2017 to 2025
I wish to thank the city council for electing me as president of the municipality of JBEIL- BYBLOS. It is a great honor for me to be in charge of this great city and I look forward to working with each and everyone of you, members, employees and citizens, for your sake and for the sake of city of JBEIL.
First, I would like to extend my thanks to my predecessors, former presidents for their efforts and accomplishments which led the city to success. We are grateful for what you have done to preserve the cultural heritage of JBEIL, especially the achievements we realized together in the past years which helped restore the ancient glory of Byblos and made it echo all over the world.

Second, I cannot but thank every “Jbeili” (person from Jbeil) for their trust to work together and cooperate for the interest of this special city with a rich history and archeological sites among the oldest in the world. JBEIL- BYBLOS is also the city of coexistence between its inhabitants in spite of their political and religious differences. And thanks to our faith and to the support, friendliness and trust of our city inhabitants, we were able to be standing at this point, because they have cooperated with us and they had faith in the projects we promised to achieve.

Third, I promise you that we are continuing with the developmental, environmental and touristic projects and that we have the duty and obligation to maintain the beautiful and civilized image of Lebanon and its people and spread it in the world, because JBEIL- BYBLOS is not only a Lebanese city but a city with 7000 years of civilization. For this, we have different projects that will help JBEIL- BYBLOS grow in order to keep up the pace with the technological and industrial development, without prejudice to its archeological and cultural value.

Fourth, Cooperation, relations building and common projects with other countries will continue and expand more and more, because they constitute the main conditions that led the city to success and helped it gain international renown thanks to a project that started in 2010 with an elite of young men and women from Jbeil with faith in their city, led by former president of Municipality and current MP Ziad EL HAWAT, where we walked together in the project of reviving and developing the city and we continue to do so after we have obtained the absolute trust from the Jbeil’s inhabitants during the 2016 municipal elections, and for whom we confirm that the project of JBEIL’s progress and prosperity will go on, go on and go on …

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