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Lebanon
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The New Defense Law
The 1926 Constitution designated the president of the republic
as commander in chief of the armed forces, but it contained no
other reference to the military establishment. On March 13, 1979,
the Chamber of Deputies passed the New Defense Law, which
reorganized the command structure of the armed forces. The law
created the Supreme Defense Council, consisting of the president of
the republic as chairman, the prime minister as vice chairman, and
the deputy prime minister and the ministers of defense, foreign
affairs, interior, and finance as members. The commander of the
armed forces attended Supreme Defense Council meetings in an
advisory capacity. The Supreme Defense Council had a secretariat,
whose secretary general was required to be an active officer of the
rank of colonel or above and who reported to the prime minister.
Data as of December 1987
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