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Nawaf Salam was born on 15 December, 1953 in Beirut, Lebanon, is a Lebanese diplomat, jurist, and academic. Discover Nawaf Salam's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

Popular As Nawaf Salam
Occupation International Judge Diplomat Academic
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 15 December 1953
Birthday 15 December
Birthplace Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality Lebanese

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1701

Salam's mandate at the UN was marked by his repeated interventions before the Security Council calling for security and stability in South Lebanon through the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, promoting the policy of "disassociation" from the Syrian conflict, and seeking an end to impunity through the establishment of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the matter of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolution 1757.

1912

His grandfather, Salim Salam, the leader of the "Beirut Reform Movement", was elected deputy of Beirut to the Ottoman parliament in 1912.

1927

He currently serves as the 27th president of the International Court of Justice.

1952

His uncle, Saeb Salam, fought for Lebanon's independence from the French Mandate of Lebanon and subsequently served four times as Prime Minister of Lebanon between 1952 and 1973.

1953

Nawaf Salam (نواف سلام; born 15 December 1953) is a Lebanese diplomat, jurist, and academic.

1979

From 1979 to 1981, Salam was a lecturer on the contemporary history of the Middle East at Sorbonne University.

1981

In 1981, he left Paris to spend an academic year as a visiting scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.

1985

Between 1985 and 1989, he was a lecturer at the American University of Beirut, during which time he also practiced law as an associate at Takla Law Firm.

1989

He was a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School from 1989 to 1990, and a foreign legal consultant at Edwards & Angell LLP from 1989 to 1992.

1992

Salam received a doctorate in political science from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) (1992), an LLM from Harvard Law School (1991), a doctorate in history from Sorbonne University (1979)., and a Diploma from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (1974).

He resumed his practice at the Takla Law Firm in 1992 as well as his teaching of International Law and International Relations at the American University of Beirut.

1996

In 1996, he co-founded the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE), a non-governmental monitoring organization that works to promote the fair and transparent conduct of parliamentary and municipal elections.

1999

Salam served as a member of the Executive Bureau of the Economic and Social Council of Lebanon from 1999 to 2002 and as a member of the Lebanese National Commission of UNESCO from 2000 to 2004.

2003

He was appointed Visiting associate professor of Political Science in 2003, and later associate professor of Political Science in 2005.

2005

From 2005 to 2007, he was the Chairman of the Political Studies and Public Administration Department.

On February 6, 2024, he was elected as the President of the International Court of Justice.

Nawaf's appointment as President of the International Court of Justice in February 2024 coincided directly with the first hearing on South Africa's genocide lawsuit against Israel in January 2024.

In the past, Nawaf has attracted attention on several occasions for statements critical of Israel.

In 2005 and 2006, he was a member and Secretary General of The National Commission on Electoral Reform which was entrusted with the task of preparing the draft of a new electoral law for Lebanon.

He has also served on the board of trustees of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), a non-partisan think tank whose mission is to produce and advocate policies that improve governance in Lebanon and the Arab world.

2007

He served as Lebanon's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 2007 to 2017, during which period he held the positions of President of the Security Council and Vice President of the General Assembly.

He was elected as president of the International Court of Justice on 6 February 2024.

Salam is the second Arab to be elected as president and the first Lebanese judge.

Son of Abdallah Salam and Reckat Beyhum, Nawaf was born into a prominent family from Beirut, Lebanon.

From July 2007 to December 2017, he served as Lebanon's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.

2010

He represented Lebanon on the Security Council in 2010 and 2011, for Lebanon's two-year term as a non-permanent member.

In May 2010 and September 2011, he held the rotating Presidency of the Security Council.

2012

He served as vice-president of the 67th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations from September 2012 to September 2013 and as acting President of the General Assembly of the United Nations in July 2013.

Salam was awarded in 2012 the French Legion of Honour (Légion d'honneur) at the rank of Officer (Officier) by President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Salam has written books and articles on political and constitutional reform, electoral law reform, overcoming sectarianism, and fighting corruption and promoting accountability through strengthening the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law.

He has also written on the question of citizenship and civil society in the Arab world as well as on the development of international law.

2014

His cousin Tammam Salam was also Prime Minister of Lebanon between 2014 and 2016.

2015

In 2015, he tweeted "#Israel Occupation of #Gaza & the #WestBank: UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU - 48 YEARS OF OCCUPATION".

Months later, the Jewish News Syndicate reported that he wrote: "Israel must stop the violence and end the occupation" and "portraying critics of Israeli policy as antisemites is an attempt to intimidate and discredit them, which we reject".

Nawaf will preside over the case brought by South Africa against Israel.

During his mandate at the United Nations, Salam chaired and participated in many Lebanese delegations to international conferences and meetings, including the Climate Change Summits (Paris 2015 and Copenhagen 2009), the International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa 2015), and the Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio de Janeiro 2012).

2016

He represented Lebanon on the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in 2016 and 2017.

2017

He was elected on 9 November 2017 as judge on the International Court of Justice for the 2018–2027 term, having received a concurrent majority of votes in the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council.

2018

He is married to Sahar Baassiri, columnist and Lebanon's Ambassador to UNESCO as of January 2018.

He has two sons, Abdallah and Marwan.