1964 Lebanese presidential election

none Lebanon presidential 1958 Lebanese presidential election 1958 18 August 1964 1970 Lebanese presidential election 1970 99 members of the Parliament 66 100% Official portrait of Charles Helou.png Charles Helou Chehabism 92 94.85% Pierre Gemayel (cropped).jpg Pierre Gemayel Kataeb Party 5 5.15% President Fouad Chehab Chehabism Charles Helou Chehabism An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Lebanon on 18 August 1964, resulting in Charles Helou being elected President of the Lebanese Republic.Leb.gov former Presidents Charles Helou By convention, the presidency is always attributed to a Maronite Christian. Under the article 49 of the Lebanese Constitution, a qualified majority of two-thirds of the members of the then 99-seat Lebanese Parliament is required to elect the president in the first round. After the second round of election, the president is elected by an absolute majority of the total number of deputies in office.Rabbath, Edmond. "La Constitution libanaise. Origines, textes et commentaires". Beyrouth: Publications de l'Université Libanaise, 1982, p. 301. Results All 99 MPs of parliament were present.Election of the Presidents of the Lebanese Republic https://monthlymagazine.com/article-desc_1350_ 2022-06-09 monthlymagazine.com en-US 2023-01-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20230101122522/https://monthlymagazine.com/article-desc_1350_ dead The first round of voting saw Charles Helou winning 92 votes, 5 votes for Pierre Gemayel along with 2 blank ballots. Charles Helou 92 Pierre Gemayel 5 2 99 99 Aftermath The impressive economic growth that characterized Helou's presidency translated into a cultural and lifestyle belle époque in Lebanon (perhaps this gained the name for Beirut as the 'Paris of the Orient' and Lebanon as the 'Switzerland of the East'). However this period was also partly marred by the Intra Bank crisis of 1966 and Lebanon's increasing inability to avoid involvement in the Arab–Israeli conflict. The Six-Day War of 1967, strained sectarian relations in Lebanon. Many Muslims wanted Lebanon to join the Arab war effort, while many Christians wished to eschew participation.Lee, Khoon Choy (1993) Diplomacy of a Tiny State World Scientific, 981-02-1219-4, p. 223 Helou managed to keep Lebanon from entanglement, apart from a brief air strike, but found it impossible to put the lid on the tensions that had been raised. Parliamentary elections in 1968 revealed an increasing polarization in the country, with two major coalitions, one pro-Arab Nationalism, led by Rashid Karami and the other pro-Western, led jointly by former President Camille Chamoun, Pierre Gemayel and Raymond Eddé, both made major gains and won 30 of the 99 seats each.CHARLES HELOU - Prestige Magazine http://www.prestigemag.co/2015/01/charles-helou/ Prestige Magazine en-US 2015-11-30 References Category:August 1964 Category:1964 in Lebanon Category:Presidential elections in Lebanon