1998 Lebanese presidential election

none Lebanon presidential 24 November 1989 Lebanese presidential election 1989 13 October 1998 2008 Lebanese presidential election 2008 Emile Lahoud CPS.jpg Émile Lahoud Independent politician 118 92% President Elias Hrawi Independent politician Émile Lahoud Independent politician An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Lebanon on 13 October 1998,Former Presidents Election Page https://www.presidency.gov.lb/Arabic/PresidentoftheRepublic/FormerPresidents/Pages/ElectionPage.aspx live https://web.archive.org/web/20160422060030/http://www.presidency.gov.lb:80/Arabic/PresidentoftheRepublic/FormerPresidents/Pages/ElectionPage.aspx 2016-04-22 resulting in General Emile Lahoud being elected President of the Lebanese Republic. 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 128-seat Lebanese Parliament is required to elect the president. After the second round of election, the president is elected by an absolute majority.Rabbath, Edmond. "La Constitution libanaise. Origines, textes et commentaires". Beyrouth: Publications de l'Université Libanaise, 1982, p. 301. General-in-chief of the army, Emile Lahoud, was backed by Syria and elected in a landslide 118 out of 118 votes (of the attending MPs) in the Chamber of Deputies.https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/emile-lahoud Emile Lahoud www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org 118 of 128 deputies attended the session, thus reaching the required quorum of 2/3 of MPs needed to proceed. On the first round, every deputy voted for Emile Lahoud, thus immediately making him the 11th President of the Lebanese Republic.http://monthlymagazine.com/article-desc_1350_ Election of the Presidents of the Lebanese Republic References 1998 Category:1998 elections in Asia Category:1998 in Lebanon Category:October 1998 in Lebanon