Amendment of Paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the Law Put into Effect by Decree No. 1306 of 18-6-1971 (Organization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriat

Type

Law

Number

5

Date of the text

02/06/1977

Official Gazette

published in 1977

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

6

What it provides

This law amends paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the Foreign Ministry and Expatriates regulations, allowing the government to appoint up to fifteen ambassadors from outside the cadre by decree of the Council of Ministers, and amends the number of ambassador or minister-plenipotentiary posts in the annexed Table 1.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decree-Law No. 123/1983 of 16/09/1983, articles 5
• Amended by Decree-Law No. 16/1983 of 25/03/1983, articles 9, 14

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1977. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.