Elie Salem served as the deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs between 1982 and 1984 and as Advisor to the President of Lebanon on Foreign Affairs from 1984 to 1988.
12 Facts About Elie Salem
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Elie Salem received his PhD in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies in 1953.
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Elie Salem worked as a professor at Johns Hopkins prior to returning to Lebanon to teach in the Political Science and Public Administration department at AUB in 1962.
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Elie Salem played a leading role in salvaging AUB from the ravages of war and was Acting President on multiple occasions during the most critical periods of the Lebanese internal wars.
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Elie Salem led negotiations with all relevant regional and international heads of state in the wake of the 1982 Israeli Invasion in order to achieve a withdrawal of foreign forces and to rebuild Lebanese sovereignty.
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Between 1984 and 1988 Elie Salem served as an advisor on foreign affairs to Lebanese President Amine Gemayel.
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Elie Salem worked closely with the President on maintaining Lebanon's security and stability and played a key role in the negotiations that led to the Taif Agreement that ended Lebanon's fifteen-year internal wars.
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In 1993 Elie Salem was appointed as the third president of the University of Balamand.
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Elie Salem met Phyllis Sell in the US during his studies there, and they married in 1954.
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Elie Salem has published over ten books in English and Arabic related to the University of Balamand, including AXIOS: The Rise of a University, From Vision to Action.
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Elie Salem translated and authored the introduction of Rusum dar al-khilafah.
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Elie Salem recently published In Dialogue with Lebanon: A Personal-Political Narrative.