List of Speakers of the Parliament of Lebanon

This page lists speakers of the Parliament of Lebanon

Parliament of Lebanon

The Parliament of Lebanon is the national parliament of Lebanon. There are 128 members elected to a four-year terms in multi-member constituencies, apportioned among Lebanon's diverse Christian and Muslim denominations. Lebanon has universal adult suffrage...

. By unwritten agreement following independence, the holder of this post must be a Shiite Muslim. Several in the past (before independence) have been Christian. See also list of Presidents of Lebanon, lists of incumbents.

Before Independence

Daoud Amoun: September 22, 1922 - March 8, 1922
Habib Assaad: May 25, 1922 - October 15, 1923
Naoum Labaki: October 15, 1923 - October 29, 1924
Emile Edde
Emile Edde
Émile Eddé was a Maronite Lebanese political figure. He served as Prime Minister of Lebanon from 11 October 1929 to 25 March 1930. He served as the President of Lebanon from 1936 to 1941. He also founded the Lebanese National Bloc party....

: October 21, 1924 - January 13, 1925
Moussa Namour: July 13, 1925 - October 18, 1927
Mohammed Aljesr: October 18, 1927 - May 10, 1932
Charles Debbas
Charles Debbas
Charles Debbas was a Greek Orthodox Lebanese political figure. He was the first President of Lebanon and served from September 1, 1926 till January 2, 1934, under the French Mandate. He also served as speaker of the Lebanese Parliament from January 30 to October 31, 1934....

: January 30, 1934 - October 31, 1934
Petro Trad
Petro Trad
Petro Trad was a Lebanese a lawyer and a politician and former Lebanese President of the Republic for a brief period ....

: November 10, 1934 - October 21, 1935
Khaled Chehab: October 22, 1935 - June 5, 1937
Petro Trad
Petro Trad
Petro Trad was a Lebanese a lawyer and a politician and former Lebanese President of the Republic for a brief period ....

: October 29, 1937 - September 21, 1939

After Independence

Sabri Hamadé: September 21, 1943 - October 22, 1946
Habib Abou Chahla: October 22, 1946 - April 7, 1947
Sabri Hamadé: June 9, 1947 - March 20, 1951
Ahmed Alassad: June 5, 1951 - May 30, 1953
Adel Osseiran
Adel Osseiran
Adel Osseiran was a prominent Lebanese politician and statesman, a former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, and one of the founding fathers of the Lebanese Republic....

: August 13, 1953 - October 15, 1959
Sabri Hamadé: October 20, 1959 - May 8, 1964
Kamel Asaad
Kamel Asaad
Kamel El Assaad or Kamel Al Assaad was a Lebanese politician.Coming from a large feudal family from southern Lebanon, he held the title of "Bakaweit"...

: May 8, 1964 - October 20, 1964
Sabri Hamadé: October 20, 1964 - May 9, 1968
Kamel Asaad
Kamel Asaad
Kamel El Assaad or Kamel Al Assaad was a Lebanese politician.Coming from a large feudal family from southern Lebanon, he held the title of "Bakaweit"...

: May 9, 1968 - October 22, 1968
Sabri Hamadé: October 22, 1968 - October 20, 1970
Kamel Asaad
Kamel Asaad
Kamel El Assaad or Kamel Al Assaad was a Lebanese politician.Coming from a large feudal family from southern Lebanon, he held the title of "Bakaweit"...

: October 20, 1970 - October 16, 1984
Hussein el-Husseini
Hussein el-Husseini
Sayyed Hussein el-Husseini is a Lebanese statesman and former speaker of the Lebanese parliament, who brought the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990, followed by the disarmament of sectarian militias...

: October 16, 1984 - October 20, 1992
Nabih Berri
Nabih Berri
Nabih Berri is the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon. He heads the mostly Shi'a Amal Movement.-Biography:He was born in Bo, Sierra Leone to Lebanese parents. He went to school in Tebnine and Ain Ebel in southern Lebanon and later studied at the Makassed and the Ecole de la Sagesse in Beirut...

: October 20, 1992 – present