Yacoub Sarraf

Yacoub Riad Sarraf (Arabic: يعقوب رياض الصراف; born 1961) is a Lebanese politician.

Sarraf, who is a Greek Orthodox Christian, has degrees in civil engineering and architecture from the American University of Beirut.

Close to President Émile Lahoud, he was involved in numerous political clashes with the Beirut municipal council and with Rafiq Hariri.

He held the post of Minister of Defense in an interim capacity while Elias Murr was convalescing from an assassination attempt of July 12, 2005.

As Environment Minister, he strongly denounced the oil spill caused by Israeli bombardment of the Jiyeh thermal power station during the Israel-Lebanon conflict.