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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Constitution of Lebanon canonical 4
Lebanese Constitution 2

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fundamental law
written constitution
adoptedOn 1926-05-23
allocatesOfficeByConfession 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
Council of Ministers of Lebanon
Council of State of Lebanon
Parliament of Lebanon
linked to: Lebanese Parliament
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 Parliament of Lebanon
linked to: Lebanese Parliament
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 Council of Ministers of Lebanon

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Referenced by (6)

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

Lebanese Parliament constitutionalBasis Constitution of Lebanon
Government of Lebanon basedOn Lebanese Constitution
linked to: Constitution of Lebanon
Lebanese Armed Forces legalBasis Lebanese Constitution
linked to: Constitution of Lebanon
Prime Minister of Lebanon constitutingInstrument Constitution of Lebanon
President of Lebanon constitutionalBasis Constitution of Lebanon
Majlis an-Nuwwāb constitutionalBasis Constitution of Lebanon