But the complex power-sharing system it created has helped paralyze the country.
Lebanon's power-sharing system is divided among sects: the prime minister must be a Sunni, the Parliament speaker a Shiite and the president a Maronite Christian.
The president is elected by Parliament, not by popular vote, and must be a Maronite Christian under Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system.
Although the prime minister's job is reserved for a Sunni under Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system, Sunni religious leaders who opposed Mr. Franjieh refused to recognize the appointment.
Under Lebanon's power-sharing system, the president must be a Maronite Christian, but the country's Christians have been divided between the governing coalition and the opposition.
Mr. Chirac and Mr. Jospin have been running the country together for five years in an awkward power-sharing system, called cohabitation, which occurs when the president is from one party and the legislature is controlled by another.
Many individuals have blamed the Lebanese power-sharing system, which has divided key government positions to different religious groups.
First, in the graphical method, I V curves, which represent the characteristics of the intrinsic properties of each device, are used for the understanding of the current sharing and power sharing of the hybrid system.
In 1998, the Belfast peace accord created a power-sharing system, and began an overhaul of state institutions.
Northern Ireland operates a distinctive "power-sharing" system of Government where contentious decisions are supposed to be taken with consent of both nationalist and unionist parties.
After 10 weeks of negotiations amid fears that Northern Ireland's power-sharing system would collapse, there is growing optimism that a deal might be reached to save devolved government in the region.
