Lebanon

Population Statistics

6,184,701

Total Population

927,705

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

14 June 2007

Signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Lebanese Constitution (1926, last amended 1995)

Updated: June 2015

Article 47 states:

Petitions to the Chamber may not be presented except in writing. They may not be presented verbally or at the bar of the Chamber.

 

Article 74 states:

Should the Presidency become vacant through the death or resignation of the President or for any other cause, the Chamber shall meet immediately and by virtue of the law to elect a successor…

 

Excerpts from the Lebanese Constitution (1926, last amended 1995)