{{Short description|Lebanese Maronite Christian political figure}} {{Infobox officeholder | native_name = سليم لحود | native_name_lang = ar | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Defense | status = <!--If this is specified, overrides Incumbent.--> | term_end = <!-- Add data only when the actual term has ended, not for terms which will end in the future. (Per usage guideline.) --> | alongside = <!--For two or more people serving in the same position from the same district. (e.g. United States Senators.)--> | monarch = | president = | governor_general = | taoiseach = | chancellor = | governor = | deputy = | lieutenant = | vicechair = | succeeding = <!--For President-elect or equivalent--> | constituency = | majority = | predecessor = | successor = | prior_term = | birth_date = 1910 | death_date = 1971 | spouse = Nadia Yared | children = [[Nassib Lahoud|Nassib]], Samir | occupation = Politician, minister }} '''Salim Nassib Lahoud''' (1910–1971) was a Lebanese [[Maronite Christianity in Lebanon|Maronite Christian]] political figure who was a Member of Parliament and Minister of [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants (Lebanon)|Foreign Affairs]] and [[Ministry of National Defense (Lebanon)|National Defense]] 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]]. He is part of the Lahoud family, one of the most prominent Lebanese-Christian political families (See [[List of political families]]).
Lahoud was elected to the Lebanese Parliament in 1952, 1956, 1960, and 1968 as an ally of the [[National Liberal Party (Lebanon)|National Liberal Party]] of president [[Camille Chamoun]]. 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 [[Nassib Lahoud]].
==Background== Lebanon is governed through a multi-confessional political system where since the 1990 Taef accord the presidency is earmarked for a [[Maronite Christianity in Lebanon|Maronite Christian]], the post of PM for a [[Sunni Islam in Lebanon|Sunni Muslim]] and the post of Parliament speaker for a [[Shia Islam in Lebanon|Shia Muslim]].
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.
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080514190339/http://www.free-lebanon.com/LFPNews/alb902/alb902.html] * [http://untreaty.un.org/unts/1_60000/7/40/00013999.pdf], archive foreign treaty documents.
{{Foreign Ministers of Lebanon}}
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