Salim Al-Huss (acting) Independent Elias Hrawi Independent Member State of the Arab League Lebanon portal An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Lebanon on 24 November 1989, resulting in Deputy Elias Hrawi being elected President of the Lebanese Republic.

Under the article 49 of the Lebanese Constitution, a qualified majority of two-thirds of the members of the then 99-seat Lebanese Parliament is required to elect the president in the first round.

[1] Elias Hrawi, a deputy representing Zahlé, was supported by Syria and promised to sign into law the Taif Accord (constitutional changes to end the Civil War, and give Muslims a greater say in the government than before), and was elected on the 24 November 1989 by 47 of the 52 attending MPs.

This was the last election to take place before the constitutional changes mandated by the Taif Accord.

[2] The deputies met in Chtaura, a Syrian-controlled market town approximately 30 miles from Beirut,[3] as the unrecognized Prime Minister (and acting president) Michel Aoun was residing in the Baabda Presidential Palace and refused to recognize or allow the election to take place; in fact, he had dissolved the Chamber of Deputies on 4 November and claimed the election was invalid.