2018 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election

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2018 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election
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  2009 23 May 2018 (2018-05-23) 2022  

Needed to Win: Majority of votes cast
128 deputies, 65 needed for a majority
 Majority party
  Nabih Berri in 2018.jpg
Candidate Nabih Berri
Party Amal
Leader's seat Zahrani
Deputies' vote98
Percentage76.5%

Speaker before election

Nabih Berri
Amal

Elected Speaker

Nabih Berri
Amal

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]

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