An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Lebanon on 25 May 2008,[1] after the term of incumbent President Émile Lahoud expired on 24 November 2007 at midnight.[2][3][4] General Michel Sleiman, the Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, was elected as the consensus candidate after months of delays in holding the election due to an ongoing political dispute.[1]
By convention, the presidency is always attributed to a Maronite Christian personality. Under the article 49 of the Lebanese Constitution, a qualified majority of two-thirds of the members of the 128-seat Lebanese Parliament is required to elect the president. After the second round of election, the president is elected by an absolute majority of 65 MPs out of 128.[5]
^ ab"Lebanese parliament elects Suleiman as president", Xinhua, May 25, 2008.
^Lebanon: Scenarios for the Presidential Election (by Sarkis Naoum, Arab Reform Bulletin, September 2007)
^Presidential Lebanon fails to elect president for 18th timeelection at risk if constitution not respected, says Cardinal Sfeir (AsiaNews, 17 July 2007)
^Rabbath, Edmond. La Constitution libanaise. Origines, textes et commentaires. Beyrouth: Publications de l'Université Libanaise, 1982, p. 301.
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