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Lebanese Parliament مجلس النواب اللبناني Parlement Libanais | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Secretaries | |
Structure | |
Seats | 128 |
Political groups | Caretaker Government (74)
National Moderation (13)
Opposition (54)
Other Opposition (19)
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Elections | |
Plurality block voting with seats allocated by religion | |
Last election | 15 May 2022 |
Next election | 2026 |
Meeting place | |
Lebanese Parliament, Beirut, Lebanon | |
Website | |
lp.gov.lb | |
Footnotes | |
Member State of the Arab League |
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The Lebanese Parliament (Arabic: مجلس النواب, romanized: Majlis an-Nuwwab, English "House of Representatives", French: Parlement Libanais)[12] is the national parliament of the Republic of Lebanon. There are 128 members elected to a four-year term in multi-member constituencies, apportioned among Lebanon's diverse Christian and Muslim denominations but with half of the seats reserved for Christians and half reserved to Muslims per Constitutional Article 24.[13] Lebanon has universal adult suffrage. Its major functions are to elect the President of the republic, to approve the government (although appointed by the President, the Prime Minister, along with the Cabinet, must retain the confidence of a majority in the Parliament), and to approve laws and expenditure.
On 15 May 2013, the Parliament extended its mandate for 17 months, due to the deadlock over the electoral law. And, on 5 November 2014, the Parliament enacted another extension, thus keeping its mandate for an additional 31 months, until 20 June 2017,[14] and on 16 June 2017 the Parliament in turn extended its own mandate an additional 11 months to hold elections according to a much-anticipated reformed electoral law. After extending its term for 9 years, a new parliament was elected on 6 May 2018 in the 2018 general election. According to the Lebanese constitution[15] and the electoral law of 2017,[16] elections are held on a Sunday during the 60 days preceding the end of the sitting parliament's mandate, with the next one due on a Sunday falling between March 22, 2026 and May 22, 2026.