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Arab Parliaments: Lebanon

Parliament: National Assembly (Majlis Al-Nuwwab)
Chamber: National Assembly (Majlis Al-Nuwwab)
Date of Establishment: 1928
Term: 4 years
Method of Election/Appointment: Directly elected
Bylaws: Bylaws of the House of Representatives, 2003  [ Arabic ]
Other Regulatory Laws:
No regulations found.
Date of Affiliation to AIPU: 1948 - Present
Date of Affiliation to IPU: 1974
Address: National Assembly, Place de l''Etoile, Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: (+961) 1982047 - 1982057 - 1982140
Fax: (+961) 1982059 - 1981484
E-mail: lp@lp.gov.lb
Website: House of Representatives [ Arabic ][ French ]


Current chamber
Date formed: 06/07/2009.
Next Elections/Appointment: 06/06/2013.
Total Members: 128
Total Members (current): 128
Women: 4 (3.13%)
Women Caucus: No
Speaker: Nabih Berri
Secretary General: Adnan Daher
Standing Committees (10): Environment Committee | Information Technology Committee | Woman and Children Committee Human Rights Committee | Youth and Sports Committee | Media and Communication Committee | Economy, Trade, Production, and Planning Committee | Internally Displaced Committee | National Defense, Interior and Municipalities Committee | Public Health, Labor and Social Affairs Committee
Adhoc Committees ():
Parliamentary Blocks: Lebanon First Bloc | Democratic Gathering Bloc | Lebanese Forces Bloc | Lebanese Phalangist Bloc | Zahle in Our Hearts Bloc | Armenian Consensus Bloc | National Consensus Bloc | Change and Reform Bloc | Liberation and Development Bloc | Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc | Unity of the Mountain Bloc | Free and Unified Lebanon Bloc | Nationalist Parties Bloc | Armenian Parliamentary Bloc

 
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