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Émile Jamil Lahoud (born 12 January 1936) is a Lebanese politician who served as the 11th president of Lebanon from 1998 to 2007. During his presidency, the Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon, that had lasted since 1982, ended in May 2000. He downplayed sectarianism and rearmed the Lebanese army, with help from Syria.
Lahoud ran for the presidency in 1998 after having the constitution amended to allow the army commander-in-chief to run for office. This amendment is believed to have been backed by Syria. [7] When he became president in 1998, he aligned himself with Hezbollah and picked his own man as prime minister, Selim Hoss. [8]
Lebanon's parliament will attempt to elect elect a new head of state on Thursday, with officials seeing better odds of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's assault on Hezbollah and ...
An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Lebanon on 13 October 1998, [1] resulting in General Emile Lahoud being elected President of the Lebanese Republic. By convention, the presidency is always attributed to a Maronite Christian.
It was a last-minute push by Saudi Arabia that decided Lebanon’s fate on Thursday. There were less than 24 hours before parliament was set to choose the next president. But Lebanon’s checkered ...
In modern politics, the family saw the likes of Emile Lahoud as the country's president who had close ties with the Syrian Al-Assad regime. [32] Notable members: Jamil Lahoud (1901–1983), general in the Lebanese Army and former minister and MP, father of president Emile Lahoud Émile Lahoud (b. 1936), president of Lebanon from 1998 to 2007
Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as its president, ending a two-year deadlock and power vacuum at the top of the country’s political power ...
President of Lebanon: 1989–1998 Émile Lahoud: Christian: Maronite: President of Lebanon: ... Prime Minister of Lebanon. Acting President of Lebanon. 2014–2016 ...