Making the Alawite State an independent state within its present boundaries

Type

Decision

Number

2979

Date of the text

05/12/1924

Official Gazette

published in 1924

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

9

What it provides

This decision makes the Alawite State, within its existing boundaries, an independent state from 1 January 1925, creating its own justice ministry and postal administration and defining the powers of its legislature and judiciary.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1924. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.