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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Rafic Hariri, Selim Hoss , Rafic Hariri , Omar Karami , Najib Mikati , Fouad Siniora
- Preceded by
- Elias Hrawi
- Succeeded by
- Michel Suleiman
- Born
- ( 1936-01-12 ) 12 January 1936 (age 90) , Baabdat , French Lebanon
- Party
- Independent
- Spouse
- Andrée Amadouni ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 )
- Children
- 3, including Emile Jr.
- Alma mater
- Britannia Royal Naval College , Naval War College
- Awards
- OM , ONC
- Religion
- Maronite
- Allegiance
- Lebanon
- Branch service
- Lebanese Navy , Lebanese Army
- Years of service
- 1956–1980 (Navy) , 1980–1998 (Army)
- Rank
- General
- Commands
- Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces
- Battles wars
- Lebanese Civil War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Émile
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Lebanon
- Place of birth
- Beirut
- Occupation
- military officer
- Position held
- President of Lebanon
- Political party
- independent politician
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Maronite Church
- Conflict
- Lebanese Civil War
- Military branch
- Lebanese Armed Forces
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Lebanon.EmileLahoud.01.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Émile Jamil Lahoud
- date of birth
- 1936-01-12
- name in native language
- إميل لحود
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- Émile Lahoud
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Encyclopedic overview
Émile Jamil Lahoud (Arabic: إميل لحود, romanized: ʾEmīl Laḥūd, 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 was closely allied to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian occupation of Lebanon, and was seen as playing a key role in preserving the occupation.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Émile Lahoud” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.