Muhammad Fneish

Muhammad Fneish (; born 1953) is a Shia Lebanese politician and member of Hezbollah. He represented Hezbollah in the Third Cabinet of Saad Hariri, serving as the Minister of Sports and Youth. As of 2026, he is under US sanctions based on Executive Order 13224.

Early life Fneish was born into a Shia family in Maaroub in 1953.

Career Before dealing with politics Fneish worked as a teacher. In 1992, he was elected as a member of parliament for Hezbollah representing Bint Jbeil. He also ran for the seat in the 2005 general elections and got the highest votes in Tyre, namely 154,056 votes, surpassing Nabih Berri by about 1,000 votes. He was energy minister from July 2005 to November 2006. Prior to his appointment as energy minister, he served as a municipal council member in Tyre.

He was one of Hezbollah's six representatives in the government led by then prime minister Fouad Siniora until he and other Hezbollah members resigned from office in 2006.

Fneish served as minister of labour in the next cabinet headed again by Siniora which was formed in 2008.

In the 2009 Lebanese general elections, Fneish won again a seat from Tyre as part of the 8 March alliance list. Then, he was appointed state minister for administrative reform in the cabinet of Saad Hariri, being one of two Hezbollah-backed ministers. The other Hezbollah minister in Hariri's cabinet was Hussein Al Hajj, in charge of agriculture ministry. His name was added to the US Treasury Department OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons List.

Personal life Fneish is married and has seven children.