Elias Hrawi was a former President of Lebanon, whose term of office ran from 1989 to 1998. He was a native of the Beqaa valley. He was elected on 24 November 1989, two days after the assassination of René Moawad, who had held office for just seventeen days. When his term was due to expire in 1995, the National Assembly amended the constitution to allow him to remain in office for another three years. Hrawi was born in Hawch Al-Umara, near Zahle, … Wikipedia
Elias Hrawi was the first Lebanese President native from an outlying zone in the country and not from the Maronite mountain. It was under his presidency that were implemented the Taif agreements . He signed on May 22, 1991 an agreement of "fraternity, c www.medea.be/?page=2&lang=en&doc=74
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