Lebanon

SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ON LEBANON

The Republic of Lebanon
Political System	Confessionalism
Past
3,000 - 355 BC	Phoenicians
64 BC - 349 AD	Roman Empire
349 - 635 AD	Byzantine Empire
634 - 636	The Islamic Conquest
636 - 750	Umayyades
750 - 960	Abbasids
960 - 1169	Fatmids
1095 - 1291	Crusades
1169 - 1250	Ayubids
1262 - 1516	Mamluks
1516 - 1914	Ottomans
1914 - 1920	The State of Great Lebanon
1920 - 1943	French Mandate
1943 - present	The Republic of Lebanon
1948 - 1959	Israeli-Lebanese Conflict
1958	Lebanese Civil Conflict
1975 - 1991	Civil War in Lebanon
1989	Taif Accord
1996	Qana Massacre
2000	Israel Withdraws from South
2005	Harriri Assassinated
2006	July War
2008	Doha Agreement

Administrative Divisions	6 governorates/ mohafazat	Governorates are divided into 25 Districts then divided into Municipalities
1	Beqaa	Western Beqaa
		Baalbek
		Hermel
		Zahle
		Rashaya
2	Beirut	Beirut
3	Mount Lebanon	Baabda
		Aley
		Matn
		Keserwan
		Chouf
		Jbeil
4	North Lebanon	Tripoli
		Akkar
		Zgharta
		Bsharri
		Batroun
		Koura
		Minyeh
5	South Lebanon	Sidon
		Jezzine
		Tyre
6	Nabatiye	Bint Jbeil
		Hasbaya
		Marjeyoun
		Nabatiyeh

President:	Michel Sulayman
Prime Minister	NAJIB MIKATI
Speaker of Parliament	Nabih Berri
Number of Parliamentarians	128 Members
Cabnit is chosen by the Prime Minister

Major Political Parties in Lebanon
	Religious Sect/ Symbol	Name of Movement
MARCH 14 MOVEMENT
	Sunni	Future Movement
	Maronite	Lebanese Forces
	Maronite	Lebanese Social Democratic Party/ Kataeb
MARCH 8 ALLIANCE
	Shiite	Hezballah
	Christian	El Marada
	Shiite	Amal Movement
	Maronite	Free Patriotic Movement
	Druze	Progressive Socialist Party (switched sides)
	Mixed	Syrian Social Nationalist Party