Nawaf Salam Appointed Lebanon's New Prime Minister

ICJ President Nawaf Salam Named New Lebanese Prime Minister

Nawaf Salam, the president of the International Court of Justice at The Hague, has been named Lebanon’s new prime minister. He has served on the ICJ since 2017. On Monday, Salam received the backing of a majority of lawmakers in Beirut. This comes less than a week after Lebanese lawmakers picked Joseph Aoun to be Lebanon’s new president.

Lebanon’s New President Taps International Court Head as Prime Minister, Sidelining Hezbollah

Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has designated Nawaf Salam, the current president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as the country’s prime minister. The decision was announced on Jan. 13, just days after Aoun’s own election to the presidency, and represents a major blow to the Iran-backed Hezbollah. Salam, a Lebanese diplomat and jurist, secured the backing of 84 out of 128 lawmakers, demonstrating broad support across va…

Nawaf Salam Becomes Prime Minister of Lebanon

Previously Lebanon's ambassador to the United Nations, he received support from most of the country’s lawmakers.

Good news and bad news from Lebanon as Nawaf Salam elected premier

The good news from Lebanon is that Hezbollah’s incumbent prime minister, Najib Mikati, has lost the race for another term, causing the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia to complain that it was being pushed out of the political process. The bad news is that the one who got the call on Monday to form a cabinet was […] The post Good news and bad news from Lebanon as Nawaf Salam elected premier appeared first on Asia Times.

Lebanon's new president Joseph Aoun appointed Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Monday as Lebanon's new prime minister after he obtained most of the support in a parliamentary vote.Read more]]>

Lebanon’s new president faces uphill struggle to steer country away from brink of collapse

Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 13 failed attempts. Joseph Aoun met the threshold for victory in the second round of voting after his rival, a Hezbollah-backed candidate called Suleiman Frangieh, withdrew from the race. In his inaugural speech to parliament, President Aoun outlined a series of pledges to deal with the overlapping crises that have brought Lebanon to the point of co…