Constitution of Lebanon

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The Constitution of Lebanon is the fundamental legal framework that defines the country’s political system, institutions, and distribution of powers, including its confessional power-sharing structure.

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Label Occurrences
Constitution of Lebanon canonical 4
Lebanese Constitution 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fundamental law
written constitution
adoptedOn 1926-05-23
allocatesOfficeByConfession President of Lebanon
surface form: President of Lebanon – Maronite Christian

Prime Minister of Lebanon – Sunni Muslim
Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon – Shia Muslim
allocatesParliamentSeatsBy religious confession
amendedOn 1943-11-08
1990-09-21
bindingOn all public authorities in Lebanon
cameIntoForceOn 1926-05-23
country Lebanon
definesCapital Beirut
definesLegislatureAs unicameral
definesPoliticalSystemAs parliamentary republic
definesStateAs independent state
sovereign state
establishesBranchOfGovernment executive branch
judicial branch
legislative branch
establishesInstitution Constitutional Council of Lebanon
Government of Lebanon
surface form: Council of Ministers of Lebanon

Constitutional Council of Lebanon
surface form: Council of State of Lebanon

Lebanese Parliament
surface form: Parliament of Lebanon
establishesOffice President of Lebanon
Prime Minister of Lebanon
Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon
guaranteesPrinciple judicial independence
public freedoms
separation of powers
guaranteesRight freedom of association
freedom of belief
freedom of education
freedom of expression
inviolability of domicile
headOfGovernmentOffice Prime Minister of Lebanon
headOfStateOffice President of Lebanon
implementsAgreement Taif Agreement
incorporatesAgreement National Pact of 1943 (unwritten political understanding)
jurisdiction Lebanon
legalSystem civil law
legislativeBody Lebanese Parliament
surface form: Parliament of Lebanon
limitsPresidentialTermTo 6 years
originalLanguage Arabic
French
prohibits immediate presidential re-election
providesForSystem confessional power-sharing
consociational democracy
recognizesPluralism political pluralism
recognizesReligion freedom of religion
subjectToReviewBy Constitutional Council of Lebanon
supremeLawOf Lebanon
transferredExecutivePowerTo Government of Lebanon
surface form: Council of Ministers of Lebanon

Referenced by (6)

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Lebanese Parliament constitutionalBasis Constitution of Lebanon
Government of Lebanon basedOn Constitution of Lebanon
this entity surface form: Lebanese Constitution
Lebanese Armed Forces legalBasis Constitution of Lebanon
this entity surface form: Lebanese Constitution
Prime Minister of Lebanon constitutingInstrument Constitution of Lebanon
President of Lebanon constitutionalBasis Constitution of Lebanon
Majlis an-Nuwwāb constitutionalBasis Constitution of Lebanon