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President of Lebanon

The president of the Lebanese Republic (Arabic: رئيس الجمهورية اللبنانية, romanized: Ra’īs al-Jumhūriyyah al-Lubnāniyyah) is the head of state of Lebanon. The president is elected by the parliament for a term of six years, which cannot be renewed immediately because they can only be renewed non-consecutively. By convention, the president is always a Maronite Christian who fulfills the same requirements as a candidate for the house of representatives, as per article 49 of the Lebanese constitution.[1]

For a list of officeholders, see List of presidents of Lebanon.

President of the
Lebanese Republic

His Excellency

Head of State

Baabda Palace
Beiteddine Palace (summer)

Parliament

6 years,
non-renewable immediately but renewable non-consecutively

Constitution of Lebanon

1 September 1926

Charles Debbas

£L225,000,000 annually

Official website

The latest holder of the position is Michel Aoun from October 31, 2016 until October 31, 2022. On the eve of the end of his mandate, he left the presidency and returned to his private residence, while Parliament was unable to nominate a candidate with enough votes to succeed him and so the position has been vacant since.

Issue the decree appointing the prime minister (by convention Sunni Muslim) independently.

Issue the decree forming the government (i.e. the cabinet), co-signed by the prime minister. The government must then receive a vote-of-confidence by parliament (51%) in order to become active.

Fire the prime minister (at will, no confirmation needed). This automatically fires the entire government, meaning every minister.

Fire an individual minister. Requires confirmation of 2/3 of the cabinet and the signature of the PM. If more than 1/3 of the ministers constituting the initial government are fired/resign, then the entire government is considered resign.

Sign into law and promulgate laws (countersigned by the PM).

Sign decrees concerning a specific ministry(ies). Countersigned by the PM and ministers involved.

Negotiate and ratify international treaties. All treaties must be approved by 2/3 of the cabinet and countersigned by the PM before entering into force. Treaties involving spending that cannot be cancelled every new year must also be approved by Parliament (51%).

Dissolve the parliament. Must be countersigned by the PM and requires a 2/3 approval of the cabinet.

Pass "emergency decrees" without the parliament's approval (article 58). Requires a simple majority of the ministers. To pass emergency decrees without the parliament's approval, the parliament must spend 40 days without taking any action on a bill that was previously declared urgent by the president.

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Prime Minister of Lebanon

Legislative Speaker of Lebanon

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