LEBANON The Parliament

OFFICIAL NAME: Al-Jumhūrīyah al-Lubnānīyah  it is responsible for electing the president of

(Lebanese Republic) Lebanon
CAPITAL: Beirut  the president appoints the prime minister
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Arabic and deputy prime minister based on a
OFFICIAL RELIGION: None consultation with the Parliament.
MONETARY UNIT: Lebanese Pound (LBP) or  the Speaker of the Parliament must be a
livre libanaise (ll) Shi’a Muslim
POPULATION: 6,093,509 as of 2018
FLAG: the national flag, introduced in 1943, Legislative Branch
consists of two horizontal red stripes separated by a The Assembly of Representatives
white stripe which is twice as wide; at the center, in  it is the country’s national legislature
green, is a cedar tree.  consists of 128 parliamentary seats
ANTHEM: Kulluna lil watan lil'ula lil'alam (All of
 elected through a universal suffrage
Us for the Country, Glory, Flag)
 confessionally distributed
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF
LEBANON Judicial Branch
Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic Under a civil law system, the judicial branch is
republic. The government is based on a composed of Ordinary Courts and Special
confessionalism, wherein, various religions are Courts.
occupying high office as representatives in
accordance with a proportional system. Ordinary Courts
It is composed with a President, Prime Minister,  this includes the Courts of First Instance,
Chamber of Deputies and a Cabinet. Courts of Appeal, and One Court of
Cassation
President
 Elected by the Chamber of Deputies Special Courts
 The power to choose a prime minister and a  this include Constitutional Council, a
cabinet Supreme Court, and a Military Courts
 The power to dismiss a cabinet System
 Serving a non-renewable six-year term
 The Constitutional Council addresses the
Prime Minister constitutionality of legal issues
 Leads the executive branch of the
 The Supreme Council/Court responsible for
government.
any charges against the prime minister
Chamber of Deputies and president, if necessary.
 Consists of 99 members
 The Military Courts presides over civilians
 Has a legislative power
 Elected for a five-year term through suffrage accused of treason, espionage, and other
 Proportionally represented by Lebanese security related crimes.
religions

Executive Branch