Adnan Kassar was appointed Minister of State in the Unity Government formed by Prime Minister Saad Harriri. Mr. Kassar was named by the President of the Republic General Michel Suleiman. Finally, the government of national concord has been born," Hariri told reporters after agreeing the cabinet at a meeting with President Michel Suleiman at the presidential palace in Baabda on the outskirts of Beirut. "We have turned a page that we don't want to go back to and opened a new page that we strive to make a page of concord and work," he said.

The new 30-minister cabinet includes 15 ministers from Hariri's coalition, 10 from the opposition, and five, including the key interior and defense portfolios, were nominated by President Suleiman.The president's ministers in theory hold the balance of power in cabinet, with the Hariri coalition unable to gain a simple majority and the minority unable to block key decisions as they do not hold a third plus one votes in government.