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Michel Suleiman

1948 - Today

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| office1 = 12th Commander of the Armed Forces | term_start1 = 21 December 1998 | term_end1 = 30 August 2008 | predecessor1 = Émile Lahoud | successor1 = Jean Kahwaji | birth_date = (1948-11-21) 21 November 1948 | birth_place = Amchit, Lebanon | death_date = | death_place = | party = Independent | spouse = | alma_mater = Lebanese Army Military AcademyLebanese University | blank1 = Religion | data1 = Maronites | allegiance = Lebanon | branch = Lebanese Armed Forces | serviceyears = 1967–2008 | rank = General | commands = 11th Infantry Brigade 6th Infantry BrigadeLebanese Armed Forces | battles = Lebanese Civil WarOperation DinniehOperation Benin2006 Lebanon WarOperation Nahr el-Bared }} Michel Suleiman (Arabic: ميشال سليمان [miːˈʃæːl sʊleːˈmæːn]; born 21 November 1948) is a Lebanese politician who served as the 12th president of Lebanon from 2008 to 2014. Before becoming president, he served as commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces from 1998 to 2008. After Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) commander Émile Lahoud took office as president in November 1998, Suleiman succeeded him, taking his place in December. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Suleiman has received more than 395,546 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Michel Suleiman is the 4,626th most popular politician (up from 5,833rd in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Lebanese Politician.

Michel Suleiman is a Lebanese politician and former general who served as the president of Lebanon from 2008 to 2014.

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  • 400k

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  • 65.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michel Suleiman ranks 4,626 out of 19,576. Before him are Walter Simons, Musa of Parthia, Amadou Toumani Touré, Doquz Khatun, Şehzade Ahmet, and Suryavarman II. After him are Peter Delyan, Imi Lichtenfeld, Joaquim Chissano, Sinan Pasha, Naresuan, and Shapour Bakhtiar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Michel Suleiman ranks 88. Before him are Giorgio Parisi, Siim Kallas, Ruud Geels, Pedro López, Mahesh Bhatt, and Amadou Toumani Touré. After him are Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lars Lagerbäck, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Giovanni Angelo Becciu, John Noble, and Dominique Sanda.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Michel Suleiman ranks 28 out of 145. Before him are Pierre Gemayel (1905), Rashid Rida (1865), Fouad Siniora (1943), Hiram I (-1000), Antonella Lualdi (1931), and Alfonso Jordan (1103). After him are Antipater of Sidon (-200), Tammam Salam (1945), Kamal Jumblatt (1917), Abbas al-Musawi (1952), Delphine Seyrig (1932), and Frumentius (400).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Michel Suleiman ranks 15. Before him are Émile Lahoud (1936), Amine Gemayel (1942), Pierre Gemayel (1905), Fouad Siniora (1943), Hiram I (-1000), and Alfonso Jordan (1103). After him are Tammam Salam (1945), Kamal Jumblatt (1917), Abbas al-Musawi (1952), Maria of Montferrat (1192), Camille Chamoun (1900), and Imad Mughniyah (1962).

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