Élias Sarkis

His Excellency Élias Sarkis إلياس سركيس OM, ONC
6th President of Lebanon
In office 23 September 1976 – 22 September 1982
Prime Minister	Rashid Karami Selim Hoss Takieddine Solh Shafik Wazzan
Preceded by	Suleiman Frangieh
Succeeded by	Bachir Gemayel (elected) Amine Gemayel
Personal details
Born	Élias Youssef Sarkis (1924-07-20)20 July 1924 Chebanieh, Lebanon
Died	27 June 1985(1985-06-27) (aged 60) Paris, France
Resting place	Chebanieh
Nationality	Lebanese
Political party	Chehabist
Spouse(s)	Bachelor
Alma mater	Saint Joseph University
Profession	Lawyer

Élias Youssef Sarkis (20 July 1924 – 27 June 1985) (Arabic: إلياس سركيس) was the president of the Lebanese Republic from September 23, 1976 to September 22, 1982.

Sarkis graduated from the Faculty of Law in 1948. He was appointed Director of Judges at the Presidential Palace in 1958 by the orders of President Fouad Chehab. In 1968 he was appointed director of the Central Bank of Lebanon.

Elias Sarkis ran for the presidential elections in 1970, but lost by one vote. With the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war, he won the Lebanese presidential elections on May 8, 1976.

Sarkis died in 1985 at the age of 61 in Switzerland.

Political offices
Preceded by Suleiman Frangieh	President of Lebanon 1976–1982	Succeeded by Bachir Gemayel

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