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Nabih Mustafa Berri (Arabic: نبيه مصطفى برّي, romanized: Nabīh Muṣṭafā Barriyy pronunciation ⓘ; born 28 January 1938) is a Lebanese politician who has been serving as Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon since 1992. He heads the Amal Movement and its parliamentary wing, Development and Liberation Bloc. [1] [2] [3]
The legislative speaker of Lebanon is the highest office in the legislative body of Lebanon.. The current legislative body is the Parliament of Lebanon, headed by the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon, officially called the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Lebanese Republic (Arabic: رئيس مجلس نواب الجمهورية اللبنانية).
Par. Term Portrait Name Political affiliation 1st (5) 19 October 1926 – 18 October 1927 Moussa Namour: Pro-France: 1st 6: 18 October 1927 – 30 January 1934
The 2022 general election was held in the wake of the revolution of 17 October 2019, a series of large-scale anti-government demonstrations against the stagnation of the economy, unemployment, Lebanon's sectarian and hereditary political system, corruption, and the government's inability to provide essential services such as water, electricity and sanitation. [3]
Development and Liberation (Arabic: التنمية والتحرير) is the parliamentary bloc of the Amal Movement and Ba'ath Party in the Parliament of Lebanon. [1] Headed by Nabih Berri, it consists of 15 deputies after the 2022 general election.
A poster of Amal Movement's two main figures, Nabih Berri and Musa al Sadr. Amal became one of the most important Shi'a Muslim militias during the Lebanese Civil War. It grew strong with the support of, and through its ties with, Syria [18] and the 300,000 Shi'a internal refugees from southern Lebanon after the Israeli bombings in the early 1980s.
The incumbent Speaker Nabih Berri and head of the Amal Movement was re-elected to a fourth term. Under the article 44 of the constitution , the speaker is elected at the start of each parliamentary cycle by an absolute majority of the deputies' vote. [ 1 ]
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