Nawaf Salam

Nawaf Salam
Nawaf Salam
نوّاف سلام
	Salam in 2025
53rd Prime Minister of Lebanon
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 February 2025
President	Joseph Aoun
Deputy	Tarek Mitri
Preceded by	Najib Mikati
President of the International Court of Justice
	In office; 6 February 2024 – 14 January 2025
Vice President	Julia Sebutinde
Preceded by	Joan Donoghue
Succeeded by	Yuji Iwasawa
Judge of the International Court of Justice
	In office; 6 February 2018 – 14 January 2025
Preceded by	Christopher Greenwood
Succeeded by	Vacant
Permanent representative of Lebanon to the United Nations
Other positions held
Permanent representative of Lebanon to the United Nations
	In office; 13 July 2007 – 15 December 2017
Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly
	In office; 1 September 2012 – 31 August 2013
President of the United Nations Security Council
	In office; 1 September 2011 – 30 September 2011
	In office; 1 May 2010 – 31 May 2010
Personal details
Born	Nawaf Abdallah Salim Salam; 15 December 1953 (age 71); Beirut, Lebanon
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Sahar Baassiri
Children	2
Relatives	Salim Ali Salam (grandfather); Saeb Salam (uncle); Tammam Salam (cousin)
Education	Harvard University (LLM); Sciences Po (PhD); Sorbonne University (PhD); School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences); International College, Beirut
Occupation	International Judge • Diplomat • Academic • Politician
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Nawaf Abdallah Salim Salam (Arabic: نوّاف عبد الله سليم سلام; born 15 December 1953) is a Lebanese politician, diplomat, jurist and academic who has been serving as the 53rd prime minister of Lebanon since 8 February 2025. Salam previously sat on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a nine-year term beginning in 2018,^[1]^[2] and additionally served as Lebanon's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 2007 to 2017, during which time he held the positions of President of the Security Council and Vice President of the General Assembly.^[3] In 2024, he was elected the 27th president of the ICJ, becoming the second Arab and the first Lebanese judge to hold the office. He resigned from the court after the parliament of Lebanon nominated him as prime minister.

He is from a prominent Sunni political family. He studied in France and the United States. He worked as a university lecturer and lawyer.

^ "Press Release, Unofficial – United Nations General Assembly and Security Council elect four Members of the Court" (PDF). icj-cij.org. 10 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2018.
^ "Four judges elected to International Court of Justice". UN News. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "Lebanon Permanent Mission to the United Nations". www.un.int.

[1] "Press Release, Unofficial – United Nations General Assembly and Security Council elect four Members of the Court" (PDF). icj-cij.org. 10 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2018.

[2] "Four judges elected to International Court of Justice". UN News. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[3] "Lebanon Permanent Mission to the United Nations". www.un.int.

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