Samir Geagea: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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However, the country entered into a 2 years presidential deadlock, which ended in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/lebanon-ends-presidential-deadlock-lasting-consensus-key-02-11-2016|title=Lebanon Ends Presidential Deadlock; Lasting Consensus Key|access-date=2021-02-14|website=www.fitchratings.com}}</ref> with Geagea backing up his longtime rival Michel Aoun for the presidency<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-lebanon-idUSKCN0UW24V | title=Geagea reshapes Lebanese politics, backs rival Aoun | first=Tom | last=Perry | date=18 January 2016 | publisher=Reuters| access-date=28 June 2018 }}</ref> through the [[Maarab Agreement|Maarab Accord]]. Aoun was elected president, ending more than two years of [[2014–2016 Lebanese presidential election|presidential vacuum]].

[[File:Secretary Pompeo Meets With Samir Geagea.jpg|thumb|238x238px|U.S. Secretary of State [[Michael R. Pompeo]] meets with Samir Geagea, Sethrida Tawk and [[May Chidiac]] in [[Beirut]], Lebanon, on March 22, 2019]]

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