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Civil Administration Reform – 1997

On 17 March 1997, listing of religion in the government issued identity card was dropped. The religious or sectarian identity was not mentioned in the card but that information was said to be stored in a central data bank since Lebanon’s sectarian-based political and social system would require religious affiliations in many cases.¹ Government in 1997 passed a law to create specialized units within the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR).²

Since public jobs were equally divided and the sectarian identity was abolished, reforms related to civil service can be coded as implemented.

1. “Lebanon introduces new ID card to deter forgery,” Associated Press Worldstream, March 17, 1997.
2. “Cluster Projects Fact Sheet:Support to Administrative Reform and Development.”