Information Minister Paul Morcos asked the Cabinet on Tuesday to approve the appointment of a new board for the public television station Tele-Liban, chaired by private channel LBCI journalist Bassam Abou Zeid.

Morcos suggested a three-year term for the board, comprising Bassam Abou Zeid as president and director-general, along with Mohammad Zakaria Moustapha, Charbel Khalil, Danny Haddad, Lama al-Sabah and Salman al-Rayes as members.

Bassam Abou Zeid joined LBCI in the late 1980s, where he works as a reporter and news presenter. Before joining the private channel, he was a journalist at Radio Free Lebanon. He was also the president of the Press Club and works for the media outlet Houna Loubnan.

Upon taking office, Paul Morcos promised to revitalize Tele-Liban, the only public TV channel in Lebanon. Lacking resources for several years, the channel recently revived an old tradition, the French-language news bulletin. Since Jan. 23, it has been airing at 6:30 p.m. in a 15-minute format from Monday to Friday.

Many positions of responsibility in Lebanon are held on an interim basis, a consequence of more than two years of a presidential vacancy. Among the high positions to be filled is the governorship of the Central Bank, temporarily held by Wassim Manssouri since Riad Salameh's term ended in 2023.