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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningEmile LahoudFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(Redirected from Emile Lahoud)Jump to: navigation, searchEmile LahoudGeneral Emile Geamil Lahoud (Arabic: Çãíá áÍæÏ, Armenian: ???? ??????) (born January 12, 1936) is the President of Lebanon. He is the son of General Jamil Lahoud, a leader in the independence movement. His mother is of Armenian descent. Before being elected in 1998, he was Chief of Staff in the Army[edit]Political lifeLahoud served under General Michel Aoun during the final years of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-90). After an Arab League-brokered cease-fire took effect, Lahoud crossed over into Syrian-controlled west Beirut. A Maronite military officer was needed to assume the position of army commander for the West Beirut-based Lebanese government endorsed by the 1989 Taif Agreement[citation #160;needed]. Lahoud was offered the position. According to one source, Lahoud had connections to an influential Syrian army officer, Ali Hammoud, who recommended him for the job. [citation #160;needed]He quickly accepted. He served in various posts in the military, including commander-in-chief of the army from 1989 to 1998, and then ran for the presidency in 1998, after having the constitution amended to allow the army commander-in-chief to run for office within three years of holding that post.Under the Lebanese constitution, the Presidents term was limited to one six-year term. However, under pressure from Syria, in 2004, the parliament voted to extend his term for an additional three years to 2007 (his predecessor, Elias Hrawi, did the same). Lebanese opposition figures and international critics claim that the extension was illegal because the constitution was amended under foreign duress. As the nations president, he is in command of the Lebanese army. His son in law is Lebanons defense minister Elias Murr.[edit]CriticismMaronite Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir and Druze leader Walid Jumblatt have been vocal critics. Assassinated Sunni former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who had worked under Syrian support for many years, clashed with Damascus over the extension of Lahouds term, and resigned in protest, he was latter killed in a truck bomb, Lebanese oposition blamed Syria for the attack. These figures view him as a puppet controlled by the Syrians.[citation #160;needed][edit]LifestyleAccording to The New York Times, Emile Lahoud has a reputation for lounging through most afternoons in his Speedos by the pool at the Yarze country club, reading Paris-Match magazine and holding a tanning mirror. The newspaper reported that Lahoud denied allegations that he went swimming on the day of Hariris funeral. He told a group of journalists: I swim every day — its my workout — but on that specific day, I did not swim. [1]Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_LahoudCategories: Articles with unsourced statements | Maronites | Lebanese people | Arab people | Living people | 1936 birthsViews Article
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