Election Name: | 2018 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Nabih Berri |
Before Party: | Amal Movement |
After Election: | Nabih Berri |
Seats For Election: | Needed to Win: Majority of votes cast 128 deputies, 65 needed for a majority |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2009 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election |
Previous Year: | 2009 |
Next Election: | 2022 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Vote Type: | Deputies' |
Candidate1: | Nabih Berri |
Leaders Seat1: | Zahrany |
Party1: | Amal Movement |
Popular Vote1: | 98 |
Percentage1: | 76.5% |
After Party: | Amal Movement |
Country: | Lebanon |
The 2018 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election was the 6th legislative speaker election since the implementation of the Taif Agreement, held on 23 May 2018 during the first session of the 23rd parliament. The incumbent Speaker Nabih Berri and head of the Amal Movement was re-elected to a sixth 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] By convention, the person is always a Shia Muslim.[2]
Berri won the majority of the votes cast, receiving 98 votes and 76.5% out of 128 deputies.[3]