Michel Sulaiman

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Michel Sulaiman

Michel Sulaiman , also Suleiman or Sleiman ( Arabic ميشال سليمان Mischal Sulaiman , DMG Mīšāl Sulaimān , born November 21, 1948 in Amchit ) is a Lebanese military and politician and was President of Lebanon until May 2014.

Life

Until his election on May 25, 2008, he held the position of commander of the Lebanese armed forces from 1998 to 2008 . He succeeded Émile Lahoud in both functions . Sulaiman speaks Arabic , English and French , is married and has three children. He belongs to the Syrian-Maronite Church and thus fulfills a basic requirement for the office of President, for which he was proposed as a compromise candidate after the end of Lahoud's term of office after the ruling parties and the opposition could not agree on a common candidate. He is the only Christian head of state in the Middle East .

Military career

Sulaiman began his officer training at the Lebanese Military Academy on October 4, 1967. After graduating in 1970, he studied at the Lebanese University , where he graduated in political and administrative sciences . He attended courses in Belgium, France and the United States. He continued to serve in the Lebanese Army during the Lebanese Civil War . In 1990 he became head of the Enlightenment in the Governorate Lebanon Mountain . In 1991 he was transferred to the General Staff and in 1993 was appointed commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade. In 1996 he took command of the 6th Infantry Brigade. On December 21, 1998, Sulaiman was appointed Chief of Staff of the Lebanese Armed Forces as the successor to President-elect Émile Lahoud. After Fuad Schihab , who held the office from 1945 to 1958, he was the longest-serving incumbent in this post.

Under his leadership, the Lebanese army was restructured, and under the protection of the mandate of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 , he implemented the first stationing of Lebanese troops in southern Lebanon in almost three decades. According to the Lebanese army's self-image, he is responsible for the resolute stand against terrorism, especially through the military action against the organization Fatah al-Islam in the Palestinian refugee camp Nahr al-Bared after May 20, 2007.

However, Israeli sources accuse him of being under Syrian influence, as parts of his family live in Damascus . The Hezbollah have also used a radar station of the Lebanese army, with his consent, which on 14 July 2006 an Iranian rocket of the type Noor (C-802) to a target in the 2006 Lebanon War led to give the Israeli warship INS Hanit damaged and killed four Marines were.

In the 2006 Lebanon War he was in command of the Lebanese armed forces, which, however, did not intervene actively in the fighting.

Political career

In lengthy negotiations, the political parties in Lebanon have chosen Sulaiman as a compromise candidate to succeed Émile Lahoud; but several scheduled election attempts passed without a ballot because the pro-Western government could not agree on the procedure with the Hezbollah-led opposition. In early May 2008, armed clashes broke out between the two sides. This led to mediation efforts by the Arab League . In negotiations in Doha , Qatar , it was agreed that Sulayman would be elected President. On May 25, 2008, he was elected to this vacant office since November 2007 by the parliament in Beirut with 118 of 127 votes.

Awards

literature

Web links

Commons : Michel Sulaiman  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070803-1214-lebanon-lovingthearmy.html
  2. ^ Report on the papal trip on spiegel.de from September 16, 2012 , accessed on the same day
  3. International Herald Tribune : Biographical notes on Lebanese army commander Michel Suleiman , November 28, 2007
  4. Biography information about Michel Sulaiman on the homepage of the Lebanese army ( Memento of May 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 3, 2007
  5. Debkafile Deal for Lebanese army chief Gen. Suleiman's appointment as president was hatched behind American backs at Annapolis ( Memento from December 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), December 5, 2007
  6. ^ Feuding Lebanese factions reach agreement . Associated Press . May 21, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
  7. New President gives the Lebanese hope . The world . May 25, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
  8. - ( Memento of April 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
predecessor Office successor

Émile Lahoud
President of the Lebanese Republic
2008–2014

Michel Aoun