City of Beirut granted special administrative status (formation of the Beirut Municipal Council and its administrative organisation)

Type

Decision

Number

79

Date of the text

09/04/1941

Official Gazette

published in 1941

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

68

What it provides

This decree creates a special administrative district called the Administratively Privileged City of Beirut and sets out its organisation under a governor, a committee and a municipal council of eighteen members. It also lists the city's powers over finances, property, urban planning, public health and food-market cont

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1941. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.