Lebanon Government Graph

Method and Status Definitions

Structure from the Constitution of Lebanon of 1926 as amended through 2004 (English text at constituteproject.org), cited by article on each node, and from founding laws named in the node text. Officeholders researched live on October 6, 2026, each with sources.

This graph models the Lebanese Republic as institutions, positions and typed relationships (appoints, confirms, elects, commands, controls, sponsors, parallel to). Lebanon is a parliamentary republic built on confessional power sharing: the President is a Maronite Christian, the Prime Minister a Sunni Muslim, the Speaker a Shia Muslim, and seats in Parliament and the Council of Ministers are split equally between Christians and Muslims. The citizens sit at the centre because the Chamber of Deputies they elect chooses the President and gives the government its confidence.

Verified means at least two independent publishers name the holder in the post, and the quoted sentence was found on each page. Sources are official sites (presidency, army, security services, ministries), the National News Agency, and outlets of record such as L'Orient Today, LBCI, MTV, Annahar and Asharq Al-Awsat. Single source means one publisher only. Party outlets such as Al-Manar are labeled as the party's own statement. Acting, vacant and unconfirmed are shown as such rather than filled with a guess.

Timing matters: Lebanon has been at war again since March 2026. On March 9, 2026 Parliament extended its own mandate to May 31, 2028, postponing the May 2026 election. The Salam government won renewed confidence in September 2026 after Hezbollah's deputies walked out. A new Cassation Public Prosecutor was appointed on April 30, 2026, and the UNIFIL mandate ends on December 31, 2026.

Parallel power structures include Hezbollah, its armed wing and financial arm, which act outside state control; the Amal Movement; the confessional party leaderships that share out state posts; the heads of the religious communities, whose courts run personal-status law; and the foreign forces and patrons (Iran's Qods Force, Israel's forces in the south, the United States, UNIFIL and the ceasefire Mechanism) that shape Lebanese decisions.

Middle East Forum, applied policy research organization, founded 1994. Corrections: meforum.org/contact.