Constitutional Law Aimed at Amending the Constitution in Implementation of the National Accord Document

Type

Law

Number

18

Date of the text

21/09/1990

Official Gazette

published in 1990

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

This constitutional amendment, implementing the National Accord, rewrites the Constitution's preamble on Lebanon's identity, democratic parliamentary system and the principle of separation of powers, reassigns executive and legislative authority, and creates a Constitutional Council to review laws and rule on president

Constitutional Council

Its constitutionality was challenged before the Constitutional Council in:

• Decision No. 1/2020 of 30/01/2020

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1990. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.