Libanon ska välja ny president – vakant sedan 2022
Det libanesiska parlamentet kommer att välja en ny president den 9 januari, uppger talman Nabih Berri för den statliga nyhetsbyrå NNA enligt AFP.
Beskedet kommer efter att vapenvilan mellan Hizbollah och Israel trädde i kraft natten till onsdag. Landets premiärminister har tidigare manat till ett snabbt val av en ny president.
Efter att Michel Aoun lämnade posten i oktober 2022 har parlamentet inte lyckats utse en efterträdare.
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Presidentposten i Libanon
Wikipedia (en)
The president of the Lebanese Republic (Arabic: رئيس الجمهورية اللبنانية, romanized: Ra’īs al-Jumhūriyyah al-Lubnāniyyah) is the head of state of Lebanon. The president is elected by the parliament for a term of six years, which cannot be renewed immediately because they can only be renewed non-consecutively. By convention, the president is always a Maronite Christian who fulfills the same requirements as a candidate for the house of representatives, as per article 49 of the Lebanese constitution.
The latest holder of the position is Michel Aoun from October 31, 2016 until October 31, 2022. On the eve of the end of his mandate, he left the presidency and returned to his private residence, while Parliament was unable to nominate a candidate with enough votes to succeed him and so the position has been vacant since.
In light of the Lebanese presidential crisis and current power vaccum, the Prime Minister and Speaker have begun considering the Council of Ministers to hold the power of the President.
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