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May 25, 2008 7:20 am US/Eastern

Lebanese Parliament Elects Army Chief As President

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Michel Suleiman was elected Lebanon's president May 25, 2008. (File)
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Lebanon's parliament has elected a president in a long-delayed vote that was a key step toward reconciling political factions.

The compromise candidate, army commander Gen. Michel Suleiman, ran unopposed. He won 118 votes of the 127 living members of the legislature on Sunday, according to parliament speaker Nabih Berri.

The vote has been postponed 19 times since November amid an 18-month political crisis between the Western-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition.

The political crisis recently turned violent and brought the country to the brink of civil war.