Who is Nawaf Salam, the new prime minister of Lebanon?
Mehr News Agency, Bin Group International: Joseph Aoun, President of Lebanon, yesterday, Monday, Nawaf He appointed Salam to form the cabinet of this country.
Nawaf Salam paved his way to become the prime minister of his country by gaining the support of more than half of the Lebanese parliamentarians in mandatory parliamentary consultations.
The Presidency of the Republic of Lebanon announced that the Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has conducted mandatory parliamentary consultations and after consultation with the Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri, Nawaf Salam He has been appointed to form the new cabinet. Nawaf Salam is abroad and was supposed to return to his country this Tuesday.
The introduction of Salam for the prime minister was made only 4 days after the election of Joseph Aoun to the presidency.
Who is the official for forming the Lebanese cabinet?
Nawaf Salam, born on December 15, 1953, is currently the head of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and from 2007 to 2017, he was the ambassador and permanent representative of Lebanon at the headquarters. The main United Nations was in New York. He also chaired the United Nations Security Council 2 times.
Salam was elected as one of the 15 judges in the International Court of Justice in 2017 by the vote of the General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations, and in February 2024 he was elected as its president, an institution under the United Nations complex that recently Because of the verdict against the Zionist regime and its criminal leaders for committing numerous crimes and crimes against humanity, it was at the top of international news and media. In the past few days, this international organization had also officially announced the entry of the Netherlands into the group of countries submitting criminal complaints against the crimes of the occupying Zionists.
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He grew up in a famous family. Nawaf Salam’s father was a representative of Beirut in the “Ottoman Parliament” in the early 20th century.
Saeb Salam Amoui is the official of forming the current Lebanese cabinet, who was the prime minister of Lebanon for 4 terms between 1952 and 1973.
Sahr Baasiri, his wife, is one of Lebanon’s veteran diplomats and is now the country’s ambassador to UNESCO.
Nawaf Salam’s position about Tehran
Nawaf Salam, earlier and when he was the representative of his country in the United Nations, was in the center of criticism for taking a position related to the 1929 resolution. He abstained in the UN Security Council vote in 2010 regarding this anti-Iranian resolution.
Resolution 1929 included sanctions against Tehran under the pretext of the peaceful nuclear program of the Islamic Republic.
Despite the fact that Nawaf Salam participated in the voting as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, his abstention was not considered in line with Beirut’s position in line with Lebanon’s international obligations.
The Prime Minister and the person responsible for the formation of the Lebanese cabinet, during his presence at the United Nations, was among those who supported the sending of Lebanese forces to the south of this country, the withdrawal of the occupation forces of Jerusalem from behind the blue line, the strengthening of UNIFIL forces affiliated to the United Nations and The creation of a civilian zone between the water line and the Litani river tended to and in some cases was also active.
Experts believe that due to his tenure in legal positions or important responsibilities such as the deputy of the United Nations General Assembly and the periodic presidency of the Security Council, Lebanon will witness legal procedures during his presidency of the cabinet of this country; Of course, it is too early to judge about this and we should wait for his performance towards active groups in different political and social fields of this country.
