History
Lebanon’s constitutional history, from the 19th-century republics to today, read in the light of its diversity.
When institutions matched the diversity of its people, Lebanon lived in peace; when they did not, crises followed.
This history is the foundation of the federal project.
- 1825-1861 19th Century Republics
- 1842-1858 Reglement Chakib Effende
- 1861-1915 Organic Statute
- 1926-1943 Centralized Unitary Republic (French Mandate)
- 1943-1990 Centralized Unitary Republic (Missak amendment)
- 1990-2005 Centralized Unitary Republic (Taef amendment)
- 2005-2023 Centralized Unitary Republic (Taef amendment)










