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General Emile Lahoud, 62-year-old commander of the Lebanese armed forces, has been elected to serve as Lebanon's next president, generating enthusiasm and renewed hope for a strong and united country.
Apr 4, 2023 · This 11th installment of our series discusses how the Syrian tension which led to the election of Emile Lahoud in 1998, then to the extension of his mandate in 2004, would eventually lead to...
Lahoud, Emile(1936–) Lebanese general and politician Emile Geamil Lahoud is the eleventh president of the Republic of Lebanon. He has long played a key role in Lebanese politics, especially since becoming head of state in 1998. It was under his leadership that Israel was pushed out of Lebanon in May 2000 after twenty-two years of occupation.
Nov 24, 1998 · Commander of the landing barge "Tyre", September 20, 1965 - October 1, 1966. Commander of the 2nd naval fleet, October 1, 1966 - October 16, 1967. Commander of the 1st naval fleet, December 10, 1968 - March 26, 1970. Appointed to Unit Four of the Army Command, March 26, 1970 - December 27, 1972.
Feb 22, 2005 · In September 2004, the Baathist government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad pressured Lebanon’s parliament to amend the constitution and extend the presidential term of Emile Lahoud, a ...
Nov 23, 1998 · The November 24 inauguration of General Emile Lahoud as Lebanon's president is generating optimism in a country which, for fifteen violent years, bled itself relentlessly. The civil war of 1975-1990 blackened Lebanon's name internationally and gutted the country internally.
Even when he was still commander of the Lebanese Army, Émile Lahoud made a big effort to convince the country’s Parliament to condemn the crimes of the Young Turks. On April 3, 1997, the National Assembly of Lebanon proclaimed April 24 the “Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Genocide of Armenians.”.
