Question

describe the system of power sharing in Lebanon.

Answer 1

 confessional system based on the 1932 census. Seats in parliament were divided on a 6-to-5 ratio of Christians to Muslims, until 1990 when the ratio changed to half and half. Positions in the government bureaucracy are allocated on a similar basis. The pact also by custom allocated public offices along religious lines, with the top three positions in the ruling "troika" distributed as follows:

The President, a Maronite Christian.
The Speaker of the Parliament, a Shi'a Muslim.
The Prime Minister, a Sunni Muslim.

Answer 2

Answer:

As per the agreement:

(i) President must belong to the Maronite sect of Catholic Christians.

(ii) The Prime Minister must be from the Sunni Muslim community.

(iii) The post of Deputy Prime Minister is fixed for Orthodox Christian sect and that of the Speaker for Shia Muslims.

(iv) The Christians agreed not to seek French protection and the Muslims agreed not to seek unification with Syria.