...the prime minister a Sunni Muslim, and the speaker of the chamber of deputies a Shi'a Muslim. Parliament elected President Emile Lahoud, who is the head of state, in 1998 for a six-year term; however, in 2004 the Syrian regime pressured parliamentarians to...
...intensive negotiations that lasted for 5 days The future president Suleiman will replace the former pro-Syrian president Emile Lahoud, whose term expired last November The presidential elections were postponed 20 times by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri ,...
...Palace, a modern-style building built in the 1950s southeast of Beirut. The complex has been empty since November 23, when Emile Lahoud stepped down at the end of his term with no elected successor because of the standoff between rival politicians. On Thursday,...
...Elias Hanna, who teaches political science at Notre Dame University. For example, Murr supported former President Emile Lahoud in the years before Lahoud became an international pariah over the Syrian-orchestrated extension of his term. "Usually, historically,...
...mentions some of the concessions made by the feuding parties in Lebanon. One example was the agreement of former President Emile Lahoud to refrain from creating a government rivaling that of incumbent Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in exchange for a ruling majority...
...has clear political objectives, such as the sabotage of the International tribunal and replacing former pro-Syrian president Emile Lahoud with a clone . This is in addition to its declared of confrontation with the Israeli enemy. He denied that the majority...
...as news of the election circulated. Suleiman's election ends a six-month vacancy as the army chief succeeds President Emile Lahoud, who stepped down in November. The parliament has tried 19 times to vote on a president, but failed because of disagreements...
...Editor WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- It was late November 2007 when the already extended mandate of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud expired, the former president wished his staff at the presidential palace in Baabda good luck and goodbye, got into his armor-plated...
...any realistic prospect for management. The most recent phase of the ongoing Lebanese crisis that started when President Emile Lahoud's term of office was extended in September of 2004 in defiance of UN Security Council Resolution 1559, is a case in point....
...a President of the Republic. The position has remained vacant since 24th November 2007, when the extended term of President Emile Lahoud ended. Despite energetic and sustained efforts of Lebanese, regional and international players, all attempts to elect a...