Elias Sarkis

Elias Sarkis (20 July 1924 - 1985) was President of Lebanon from 1976 to 1982. July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page lists presidents of Lebanon. ... The Lebanese Republic or Lebanon is a country in the Middle East, along the Mediterranean Sea, bordered by Syria and Israel. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British...

Born in Shabbaniah, Sarkis graduated with a Law degree from Saint Joseph University in 1948. After joining the judicial corps in 1953, he became a judge with the Accounting Department. During the regime of President Fuad Chehab, he was appointed Judicial Manager at the presidential palace in Baabda, and in 1962 he became General Manager for Presidential Matters. Following the Intrabank Crisis of 1968, Sarkis was appointed Governor of the Banque du Liban (Bank of Lebanon). 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Fuad Chehab (1902 - April 25, 1973) (also Fouad) was a Lebanese general, and President of Lebanon from 1958 to 1964. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Sarkis contested the presidential election of 1970 as Chehab's protégé and was expected to win, but owing to a last-minute change of mind by several National Assembly members aligned to Kamal Jumblatt, he was defeated by Suleiman Frangieh by a single vote. He was, however, elected President on 8 May 1976, while the Lebanese Civil War was raging. With Syrian forces occupying two thirds of the country and private militias much of the rest, his power was limited. Just before the end of his presidency in 1982, Israel invaded southern Lebanon and advanced to the outskirts of Beirut. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The National Assembly of Lebanon is the Lebanese national legislature. ... Kamal Jumblatt, an important Lebanese figure in philosophy and government alike, was born in Mukhtara, in the Chouf area of Lebanon, on December 6, 1917. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article needs cleanup. ... The President of Syria is commander in chief of the Syrian armed forces, comprising some 400,000 troops upon mobilization. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British... The State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, transliteration: ; Arabic: دَوْلَةْ اِسْرَائِيل, transliteration: ) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. ... Central Beirut (2004) Beirut ( Arabic بيروت - the French name, Beyrouth, was also commonly used in English in the past) is the capital, largest city and chief seaport of Lebanon. ...

Sarkis was to be succeeded by Bachir Gemayel, who was elected President on 21 August 1982, but he was assassinated nine days before he was due to take office. Amine Gemayel, Bachir's brother, was subsequently elected in his stead, and Sarkis handed the presidency over to him on 23 September. Bachir Gemayel Bachir Gemayel, first name also spelt Bashir, (November 10, 1947 - September 14, 1982) was a Lebanese military commander, politician and president elect. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British... Amine Gemayel (born 1942) was President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ...

Sarkis died in Switzerland in 1985, at the age of 61. He never married. The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

This page lists presidents of Lebanon. ... Amine Gemayel (born 1942) was President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988. ...