Beirut-Liban: Nabih Berri is Re-Elected as Head of The Lebanese Parliament For The Seventh Time

In the first session after the legislative elections on 15 May, the Lebanese Parliament re-elected the leader of the Shiite Amal party, Nabih Berri, as head of the House after thirty years in the post.

The re-election was approved at the limit of the absolute majority, with 65 votes in favor, one more than the 128 legislators in Parliament.