Émile Lahoud
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Émile Jamil Lahoud 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
Lahoud in 2004
Lahoud meets with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília, 17 February 2004
Rafic Hariri
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Rafic Bahaa El Deen al-Hariri was a Lebanese businessman and politician who served as prime minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2004.
Émile Lahoud
…president in 1998, he aligned himself with Hezbollah, and picked his own man as prime minister, Selim al-Hoss. This led to heightened tensions between Rafiq Hariri and Lahoud. The other significant move Lahoud made shortly after his presidency was a request that Syria remove Ghazi Kanaan, who was serving as Syria's…
Hariri in 2004
Hariri's former residence in Paris
Beirut Central District, which was developed significantly under Hariri's tenure as Prime Minister.
U.S. President George W. Bush and Hariri meeting in the White House