Mohsen Dalloul

Mohsen Dalloul (; 27 June 1933 – 17 February 2026) was a Lebanese journalist and politician. Being a member of the Progressive Socialist Party he served as the minister of agriculture and minister of defense in the 1990s. Dalloul was a long-term member of the Lebanese Parliament, serving between 1991 and 2004.

Early life and education Dalloul was born in Aali en Nahri, Zahle district in 1933. He hailed from a Shiite family. He attended Oriental College in Zahlé where he completed his secondary education.

Career Following his graduation Dalloul worked as a teacher in the Bekaa and Beirut districts.

Dalloul was first elected as a deputy representing the Baalbek-Hermel district in the elections in 1991. He was elected as a deputy from the Bekaa Governorate in the elections held in 1996 and from the Zahle district in the elections of 2000. He continued to serve in the same post in the second cabinet of Hariri from 11 July 1996 and in the next Hariri cabinet between 11 July 1996 and November 1998. In 2010 Dalloul argued that Iran should possess nuclear arms which should not be used only to maintain peace in the region, but also to have a dissuasive force against Israel.

Personal life and death Dalloul married Siham Kanaan, and they had four children: Nizar, Ali, Ziyad and Rola. Nizar and Ali Dalloul have business investments and were among the shareholders of LibanCell, Lebanese cell phone company, between 1994 and 2002. Dalloul's sons were granted the license for the cell phone operator when their father was serving as defense minister in the Hariri cabinets. In the late 1990s the shareholders of LibanCell included Telecom Finland, also known as Sonera (14%), and Saudi Al Mabani (20%).

He was the author of various books, which were published in the 2000s.

Dalloul died on 17 February 2026, at the age of 93.