Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon

Speaker of the Parliament of the
Lebanese Republic
Incumbent
Nabih Berri
since 20 October 1992
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceBeirut
Term length4 years
Inaugural holderSabri Hamadé
21 September 1943
FormationConstitution of Lebanon
23 May 1926
Salary£L 212,844,000 annually[1]
WebsiteParliament of Republic of Lebanon

The legislative speaker of Lebanon is the highest office in the legislative body of Lebanon.

The current legislative body is the Parliament of Lebanon, headed by the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon, officially called the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Lebanese Republic (Arabic: رئيس مجلس نواب الجمهورية اللبنانية).

The speaker and his deputy are elected by the majority of deputies vote.[2] By convention, the speaker is always a Shia Muslim.[3]

The current speaker is Nabih Berri, serving since 1992.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Lebanese Politicians Reward Themselves - Al Akhbar English". 19 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-10-19.
  2. ^ https://www.lp.gov.lb/CustomPage.aspx?id=37&masterId=1
  3. ^ القاعوري, صبحي. "الميثاق الوطني اللبناني". الخيام | khiyam.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  4. ^ "نبيه بري". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  5. ^ "من هو نبيه بري الذي يرأس برلمان لبنان للمرة السادسة؟". BBC News عربي (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-11-28.