
Official name:
Lebanese Republic
Name in local language:
al-yumhuriatu al-lubnaniya, transliterated from Arabic الجمهورية اللبنانية
Form of government:
Republic
Political system:
Parliamentary
- Founding date/ Date of independence:1920/ 1943
- Date of constitution/reform: 1926/1947/1990
- Form of state: Centralized
- Administrative divisions: 8 muhafadas or governatorates, divided in 26 cazas (qadhas) or provinces.
- Official language(s):Arabic
- Other spoken languages: French, English
- Official religion: The Constitution provides for freedom of religion and the freedom to practice all religious rites provided that the public order is not disturbed
- Minorities: Coexistence of 18 religious confessions, all considered minorities
- Dominant actor: Sectarian elites
- Elected Institutions: Parliament / President / municipal and provincial councils
- Non-Elected Institutions:
- Party System: Multiparty system newly tending to form two major national blocks
Autoridades actuales
- Head of State: Michel Aoun, since October 31st 2016.
- Head of government: Hassan Diab, replaced Saad Hariri in December 2019, following weeks of mass protests.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Basil Gebran (since February 2014)
- Ministry of Interior: Nouhad Machnouk (since February 2014)
- Parliament Speaker: Nabih Berri, since 1992
- Parliament Composition: Link
- Head of Judiciary: Issem Sleiman (Constitutional Court)
- Diagram of the political system: Link
Enlaces
- Head of State: Presidency of the Republic
- Government
- Ministry of Interior (in Arabic)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Parliament (lower house) (in Arabic)
- Ministry of Justice
- Main National Newspaper (in Arabic): an-Nahar
- Main English Newspaper: Daily Star
- Other newspapers online: Naharnet
- Constitution
- Electoral Law
- Official Journal: al-Jarida al-Rasmiyya (in Arabic)