Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon

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The Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon is the country’s powerful legislative leader, traditionally a Shia Muslim and a central figure in Lebanese politics, long dominated by the Amal Movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political office ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
aboveInHierarchy President of Lebanon ⓘ
Prime Minister of Lebanon ⓘ
appointedBy Parliament of Lebanon ⓘ
linked to: Lebanese Parliament
associatedWith Amal Movement ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Parliament of Lebanon ⓘ
linked to: Lebanese Parliament
confessionalAllocation reserved for Shia Muslim community ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Article 44 of the Lebanese Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Lebanese Constitution ⓘ
country Lebanon ⓘ
created 1920s ⓘ
dominantPartySinceLate20thCentury Amal Movement ⓘ
firstHolder Sabri Hamadeh ⓘ
governmentTypeContext confessional political system ⓘ
hasPower adjourn parliamentary sessions ⓘ
convene Parliament ⓘ
oversee legislative procedures ⓘ
influences legislative agenda ⓘ
parliamentary committees ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
longestServingOfficeHolder Nabih Berri ⓘ
nativeName رئيس مجلس النواب اللبناني ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Arabic ⓘ
officeHolderSince1992 Nabih Berri ⓘ
officeType legislative leadership position ⓘ
parallelTopOffices President of Lebanon (Maronite Christian) ⓘ
Prime Minister of Lebanon (Sunni Muslim) ⓘ
playsKeyRoleIn government formation negotiations ⓘ
national dialogue among political factions ⓘ
politicalInfluence central figure in Lebanese politics ⓘ
positionInProtocolOrder third in state hierarchy ⓘ
presidesOver plenary sessions of the Parliament of Lebanon ⓘ
requires membership in Parliament of Lebanon ⓘ
residence Beirut ⓘ
responsibleFor maintaining order in parliamentary sessions ⓘ
organizing parliamentary agenda ⓘ
representing Parliament in official functions ⓘ
roleIn Lebanese political system ⓘ
seat Lebanese Parliament Building ⓘ
seatLocation Nejmeh Square, Beirut ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by members of Parliament ⓘ
style His Excellency ⓘ
symbolizes representation of Shia community in top state leadership ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termRenewable yes ⓘ
traditionalReligionRequirement Shia Islam ⓘ
traditionalSect Shia Muslim ⓘ

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Amal Movement → associatedWithOffice → Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon ⓘ
Prime Minister of Lebanon → sharesPowerWith → Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon ⓘ
Constitution of Lebanon → establishesOffice → Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon ⓘ
Charles Debbas → positionHeld → Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon