List of presidents of Lebanon

President of the Lebanese Republic
Presidential Seal
Incumbent Tammam Salam Acting since 25 May 2014
Style	His/Her Excellency
Residence	Baabda Palace
Term length	6 years
Inaugural holder	Bechara El Khoury 22 November 1943
Formation	Constitution of Lebanon 23 May 1926
Website	Presidency of the Lebanese Republic

This is a list of Presidents (and acting Presidents) of Lebanon since the creation of the office in 1926. Though it is not specifically stated in the constitution, an unwritten understanding known as the National Pact, agreed in 1943, has resulted in the holder of the post being a Maronite Christian in every electoral cycle since that time. This agreement had to be suspended three times, when three Sunni Muslims, the former Prime Ministers had to step in as Acting Presidents, Selim Hoss in 1988, Fouad Siniora in 2007 and Tammam Salam in 2014. The president is largely a ceremonial and symbolic post. Nevertheless, the president is still able to exercise influence on policy making and has the role, in conjuction with the prime minister, to choose ministers in the Lebanese Government and safeguard the constitution.

List of Presidents of Lebanon (1926–present)

#	Portrait	Name (Born-Died) (Term)	Term of Office		Party
Presidents of the Greater Lebanon (French Mandate of Lebanon) (1926–1943)
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 1		Charles Debbas شارل دباس (1885–1935)	1 September 1926	2 January 1934	Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 2		Habib Pacha Es-Saad حبيب باشا السعد (1867–1942)	30 January 1934	20 January 1936	Independent
3	File:Eddé.jpg	Émile Eddé إميل أده (1886–1949)	20 January 1936	4 April 1941	Lebanese National Bloc
4		Alfred Georges Naccache ألفرد جورج النقاش (1887–1978)	9 April 1941	18 March 1943	Kataeb Party
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | —		Ayoub Tabet أيوب ثابت (1884–1951) (Acting)	19 March 1943	21 July 1943	Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 5		Petro Trad بيترو طراد (1876–1947)	22 July 1943	21 September 1943	Independent
6		Bechara Khoury بشارة الخوري (1890–1964)	21 September 1943	11 November 1943	Constitutional Party
Presidents of the Republic of Lebanon (1943–present)
(5)	File:Eddé.jpg	Émile Eddé إميل أده (1886–1949)	11 November 1943	22 November 1943	National Bloc
(6)		Bechara Khoury بشارة الخوري (1890–1964)	22 November 1943	18 September 1952	Constitutional Party
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | —		Fuad Chehab فؤاد شهاب (1902–1973) (1st Term, Acting)	18 September 1952	22 September 1952	Independent
7		Camille Chamoun كميل شمعون (1900–1987)	23 September 1952	22 September 1958	National Liberal Party
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 8		Fuad Chehab فؤاد شهاب (1902–1973) (2nd Term)	23 September 1958	22 September 1964	Independent
9		Charles Helou شارل حلو (1913–2001)	23 September 1964	22 September 1970	Chehabist, Kataeb Party
10		Suleiman Frangieh سليمان فرنجية (1910–1992)	23 September 1970	22 September 1976	Marada Movement
11		Elias Sarkis إلياس سركيس (1924–1985)	23 September 1976	22 September 1982	Chehabist
—	File:Bachir Pierre Gemayel.jpg	Bachir Gemayel بشير الجميل (1947–1982)	23 August 1982	14 September 1982	Kataeb Party
12		Amine Gemayel أمين الجميل (b. 1942)	23 September 1982	22 September 1988	Kataeb Party
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | —		Selim Hoss سليم الحص (b. 1929) (1st Term, Acting)	24 September 1988	5 November 1989	Independent
13		René Moawad رينيه معوض (1925–1989)	5 November 1989	22 November 1989	Independence Movement
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | —		Selim Hoss سليم الحص (b. 1929) (2nd Term, Acting)	22 November 1989	24 November 1989	Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 14		Elias Hrawi إلياس الهراوي (1926–2006)	24 November 1989	24 November 1998	Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 15		Émile Lahoud إميل لحود (b. 1936)	24 November 1998	24 November 2007	Independent
—		Fouad Siniora فؤاد السنيورة (b. 1943) (Acting)	24 November 2007	25 May 2008	Future Movement
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 16		Michel Suleiman ميشال سليمان (b. 1948)	25 May 2008	25 May 2014	Independent
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | —		Tammam Salam تمام سلام (b. 1945) (Acting)	25 May 2014	Incumbent	Independent

Living former Presidents

Name	Term	Date of birth
Amine Gemayel	1982–1988	22 January 1942
Émile Lahoud	1998–2007	12 January 1936
Michel Suleiman	2008-2014	21 November 1948

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon
• List of Speakers of the Parliament of Lebanon
• Lists of incumbents