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Article 122 : Election of Cantonal Prime Minister – Term of office

FedLeb.org 01/01/2016
  1. The executive powers of each canton vest in the cantonal Prime Minister. The cantonal Prime Minister is elected by direct voting by the Electoral College of the canton (the same Electoral College which is entitled to elect the Members of Parliament––i.e., the cantonal Citizens meeting all the criteria to vote).
  2. The Term of office is four (4) years.
  3. Any Lebanese who is entitled to vote in cantonal Parliament elections and has attained the age of thirty-five (35) may be elected.
  4. Each cantonal Prime Minister shall be a de facto and de jure member of the Federal Government.
  5. Each Prime Minister shall choose his secretaries/ministers in numbers and for functions to be determined in due course by specific laws to be issued by the cantonal Parliament.
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