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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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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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 ⓘ
Council of Ministers (Lebanon) → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Lebanon ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of Ministers
Court of Cassation of Lebanon → relatedTo → Lebanese Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Lebanon
National Reconciliation Accord → appliesTo → Lebanese Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Lebanon
Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon → constitutionalBasis → Lebanese Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Lebanon
Constitutional Council of Lebanon → legalBasis → Constitution of Lebanon ⓘ
National Pact of 1943 → influenced → Lebanese Constitution of 1926 as amended ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Lebanon