Salim Nassib Lahoud (1910-1971) was a Lebanese

Maronite Christian Lebanese Maronite Christians ( ar, المسيحية المارونية في لبنان; syc, ܡܫܝܚܝ̈ܐ ܡܪ̈ܘܢܝܐ ܕܠܒܢܢ) are adherents of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, which is the largest Christian denomination in the country ...

political figure who was a Member of Parliament and Minister of

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and

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of Lebanon in the 1950s among other ministerial posts. Lahoud was the father of Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S.A., Member of Parliament and Minister of State H.E

Nassib Lahoud Nassib Lahoud (23 November 19441 February 2012) was a Lebanese Christian political figure. He held various posts including Member of parliament, Ambassador to the United States of America, and Minister of State ( without portfolio) . He was also ...

. He is part of the Lahoud family, one of the most prominent Lebanese-Christian political families (See

List of political families This is an incomplete list of prominent political families. Monarchical dynasties are not included, unless certain descendants have played political roles in a republican structure (e.g. Arslan family of Lebanon and Cakobau family of Fiji). A ...

). Lahoud was elected to the Lebanese Parliament in 1952, 1956, 1960, and 1968 as an ally of the National Liberal Party of president

Camille Chamoun Camille Nimr Chamoun OM, ONC ( ar, كميل نمر شمعون, ''Kamīl Sham'ūn''; 3 April 1900 – 7 August 1987) was a Lebanese politician who served as President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958. He was one of the country's main Christi ...

. Lahoud held various ministerial posts including Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Defense and Minister of Public works of the Republic of Lebanon. He was married to Nadia Lahoud, née Yared. They had 2 sons; Samir and

Background

Lebanon is governed through a multi-confessional political system where since the 1990 Taef accord the presidency is earmarked for a

, the post of PM for a

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and the post of Parliament speaker for a

Shia Muslim Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most ...

. Before 1990, as Lebanon has historically been a country with a large majority of Christians, most political posts were occupied by Maronite Christians. Population trends as well as emigration (to Brazil, Argentina, USA, Canada, Europe, Australia) has since changed the social fabric drastically.

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archive foreign treaty documents. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lahoud, Salim Lebanese Maronites Foreign ministers of Lebanon Members of the Parliament of Lebanon 1910 births 1971 deaths Lahoud family