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Lebanon
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Articles 29 and 30 of the New Defense Law established the
Military Council which was attached directly to the minister of
defense. Its members were the commander of the armed forces, the
secretary general of the Supreme Defense Council, the director of
the General Administration Department, the inspector general, and
two officers with the rank of colonel or above. By tacit agreement,
the membership was allotted along confessional lines and required
to include a representative of each of the prominent communities:
Maronite, Sunni, Shia, Druze, Greek Orthodox, and Greek Catholic.
The Military Council's duties consisted primarily of organizing the
institutions attached to the Ministry of Defense and naming the
commanders of military regions, divisions, and brigades; commanders
of air force, military, and naval academies; and military attachés
in embassy posts. Because these responsibilities previously had
belonged to the commander in chief alone, the New Defense Law
diminished his power.
Data as of December 1987
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