LEBANON’S QUANDARY POLITICS The devastating blast at Beirut Port on 4 August exposed institutional DIVISION OF PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT | MICHEL AOUN PRES weaknesses at the heart of Lebanon’s economic and political systems Lebanon’s post-war accord distributed power along Maronite sectarian lines, birthing a system resistant to change PRIME MINISTER | HASSAN DIAB (formerly) ECONOMY PM Sunni REAL GDP GROWTH AND INFLATION GOVERNMENT DEBT 64 64 SPEAKER | NABIH BERRI SPKR Shia £Leb160tn MUSLIM & DRUZE CHRISTIAN SEATS 34 Maronite Lebanon’s gross debt SEATS has more than tripled 27 Sunni 14 Orthodox 8 Roman Catholic £Leb120tn in 20 years 27 Shia SECTARIAN SPLIT 8 Druze 5 Armenian Orthodox 2 Nusayri 1 Armenian Catholic Modern-day Lebanon reflects the 2 Other Christian Minorities £Leb80tn post-civil-war political landscape 2018 ELECTION RESULTS £Leb40tn The latest vote consolidated sectarian divisions and kept power in the hands of decades-old political leaders 0
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25 The headline deposit growth figure in Lebanon hides the fact that “organic” deposits excluding accumulated interest payments have been flat since 2017 20 ala a 128 15 SEATS uni a LEBANON eirut 10 FREE PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT & ALLIES a la 29 Led by Gebran Bassil since 2015
5 FUTURE MOVEMENT 21 Led by Saad Hariri since 2005
0 Population: 6.8 million 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 AMAL MOVEMENT 16 Led by Nabih Berri since 1980 i on -5 LEBANESE FORCES PARTY SHIA 15 Led by Samir Geagea since 1986 -10 Interest Payments SUNNI HEZBOLLAH 30.6% 13 -15 Led by Hassan Nasrallah since 1992 Deposits re
PROGRESSIVE SOCIALIST PARTY 30.5% 9 33.7% -20 Organic Deposits (excluding interest payments) Led by Walid Jumblatt since 1977 MARONITE OTHER CHRISTIANS
-25 25 SMALLER PARTIES / INDEPENDENT 5.2% DRUZE PM Rafiq Hariri France grants Lebanon its Intra Bank, Lebanon's The Lebanese is assassinated Lebanon technically defaults on a Eurobond independence following largest financial Popular protests beign 1948 1975 Civil War ends 2000 2006 2019 The Lebanese Lira loses 80 per cent of its value international pressure institution collapses Syria withdraws following protests in Tunisia from Lebanon Port of Beirut explosion deals huge damage to north Beirut
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Sources: IMF; Finance 4 Lebanon; MEED