President Michel Suleiman

President Michel Suleiman





President Michel Suleiman, Nihad was born in [November 21, 1948 m, the President of the Republic of Lebanon since 25 May 2008.

Born in the city to spend Amchit Jbeil Governorate of Mount Lebanon in Lebanon. He took command of the army

Lebanese since December 21, 1998 to 24 May 2008.


Elected president of the Republic

After the end of the mandate of President Emile Lahoud and get a vacuum in the presidency and the intensification of the differences between the opposition and the loyalists on the consensus candidate for the position, where the parties refuse all names as they either belong to the pro or the opposition. On December 2, 2007 announced the name adopted for pro-government commander of the army of the Republic as a compromise calling for a broader national solidarity on this initiative.

Opposition has accepted this nomination as a compromise but the election process is not disrupted due to disagreement of the person, but because of a dispute between the parties on the mechanisms associated with the position he holds, such as the formation of a new government and election law. But after signing the Lebanese parties to the Doha agreement on 21 May 2008 and who worked to end these differences, it paved the way for him to take over the presidency of Lebanon and was elected President of the Republic on 25 May 2008 amid the presence of an Arab and a major international progress the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani and the Secretary General of the League of Arab States Amr Moussa, the then Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Saud al-Faisal and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, head of the Arab Parliament Mohammad Jassem al-Saqr and the heads of a number of state legislatures Arab and foreign ministers of Arab and foreign.


Military Biography

* 1967, enlisted in the military school as a cadet officer.

* 1990, took over the presidency of the Intelligence Branch of Mount Lebanon.

* Between the years 1991 - 1993 was appointed Secretary of the Army Command Staff.

* The period 1993 - 1996 was appointed commander of the infantry brigade atheist century.

* For 1996 was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and appointed commander of the Sixth Infantry Brigade.

* On December 21, 1998 was promoted to the rank of commander and appointed to the army and that to 24 May 2008, then was elected president of the republic.


Training courses, which fought

* Course in Belgium from January 7, 1971 until July 4, 1971.

* Training in Staff techniques in France from February 9, 1981 until July 17, 1981.

* Staff training at the Command and Staff College as of June 6, 1988 for one year.

* Defense Management course in the United States from June 22, 1995 until July 25, 1995.


Most important work during his leadership of the Army

* Complete the reorganization of the structure of the Lebanese Army after the amendment of the law of military service.

* Detection and fighting terrorist organizations in the mountainous north, the early years of 2000 and the elimination of most of their members, dismantling their cells in all regions and arresting their members.

* Response to Israeli attacks and supporting the resistance until the liberation of the south in 2000.

* Devoted to the role of the Army to protect democracy and not an army of the Authority repressing its political opponents, but

An Army that preserves the security of the citizen and his rights. This was reflected national role in maintaining the security of demonstrators and public and private institutions and freedom of expression throughout 2005 after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and in 2006 the opposition protest.

* Complete the process of diffusion in all the Lebanese territory after the withdrawal of the Syrian army on April 26, 2005 and what happened from disturbances and breaches of security at the beginning of 2007.

* Propose a plan to end the Israeli war on Lebanon, which took place in July 12, 2006 as a supervisor, and this plan included the planning and preparation for the deployment of the Lebanese army in the south and on land and sea crossings. This process was carried out accurately and dedication and its end on October 2, raising the Lebanese flag on a hill mammals adjacent to the southern border marked the return of sovereignty to the south.

* Anti-terrorism, intolerance and the most prominent of operations:

Detection and terrorist networks, most recently an Israeli spy network discovered during the process of surprise

Dawn on June 10, 2006.

Attacking Fatah al-Islam in Nahr al-Bared on May 20, 2007 in response to the treachery launched against the military in the vicinity of the camp and some other regions, has been eliminated on the structure of the organization inside and outside the camp, which was a circumvention popularly unprecedented about the army's role in preserving the unity national for the first time in the history of Lebanon.


Qualifications process and cultural

In addition to his military and courses fought it holds a BA in Political Science and Management from the Lebanese University, which won the year 1980, as well as he mastered Arabic, English and French.


Accolades received by the

* The National Cedar Decoration of Knight.

* The rank of Grand Cordon - Lebanese Order of Merit grades third, second and first.

* Military Pride, silver grade.

* War.

* Appreciation of the military-grade silver.

* Sam and national unity.

* Sam and Dawn of the South.

* Syrian Order of Merit from the Premier League.

* Medal of Honor of the Arab Federation.

* Sam and the Arab Union for Military Sports, the second rank of commander.

* Order of the President of the Republic of Ukraine.

* Order from the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Russian Federation in 2007.

* Sam and Military Medal.

* Medal of Homeland Security.

* Medal of public security.

* Medal of the State Security.

* Commemorative Medal of Conferences for the year 2002.

* Pendant of King Abdul Aziz of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz in 2008.

* Mubarak Al-Kabeer Necklace of the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in January 20, 2009


Family

Married to Mrs. Wafaa Sleiman and sons

* Rita Solomon.

* Lara Solomon.

* Charbel Sleiman.