Lebanese Parliament

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legislative body parliament unicameral national legislature

The Lebanese Parliament is the unicameral national legislature of Lebanon, responsible for enacting laws, electing the president, and overseeing the government.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Parliament of Lebanon	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ parliament ⓘ unicameral national legislature ⓘ
budgetaryPower	approves public expenditures ⓘ approves public revenues ⓘ
building	Lebanese Parliament Building ⓘ
canDissolve	itself under certain constitutional conditions ⓘ
confessionalAllocation	Alawite seats ⓘ Armenian Catholic seats ⓘ Armenian Orthodox seats ⓘ Druze seats ⓘ Greek Catholic seats ⓘ Greek Orthodox seats ⓘ Maronite Christian seats ⓘ Shia Muslim seats ⓘ Sunni Muslim seats ⓘ minority seats ⓘ other Christian seats ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Lebanon ⓘ
country	Lebanon ⓘ
electoralSystemFeature	seats allocated by religious confession ⓘ
electoralTermRenewal	members may be re-elected ⓘ
elects	President of Lebanon ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	yes ⓘ
languageUsed	Arabic ⓘ
legislativeChamber	unicameral ⓘ
location	Place de l'Étoile (Nejmeh Square) ⓘ surface form: Nejmeh Square, Beirut, Lebanon
meetsIn	Martyrs’ Square ⓘ surface form: Nejmeh Square
nativeNameLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
numberOfMembers	128 ⓘ
officialName	Majlis an-Nuwwāb ⓘ Lebanese Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Parliament of Lebanon
oversightMechanism	interpellations ⓘ parliamentary questions ⓘ votes of no confidence ⓘ
regionServed	entire territory of Lebanon ⓘ
responsibility	amending the constitution ⓘ approving the state budget ⓘ electing the President of Lebanon ⓘ enacting laws ⓘ granting confidence to the government ⓘ overseeing the government ⓘ withdrawing confidence from the government ⓘ
seat	Beirut ⓘ
supervises	Government of Lebanon ⓘ surface form: Council of Ministers of Lebanon
termLength	4 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature	representative democracy body ⓘ
votingSystem	confessional electoral system ⓘ multi-member constituencies ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lebanon → legislature → Lebanese Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of Lebanon

Charles Malik → memberOf → Lebanese Parliament ⓘ

Lebanese Parliament → officialName → Lebanese Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of Lebanon

Walid Jumblatt → parliamentaryBody → Lebanese Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of Lebanon