  Ãmile jamil lahoud () (born 12 january 1936) was the fifteenth president of lebanon, in office from 1998 to 2007. ==early life== emile lahoud was born in baabdat on 12 january 1936. however, his birthplace is given as beirut by the armed forces. he is the youngest son of general jamil lahoud, a leader in the independence movement. his mother, andrenee bajakian, is of armenian descent from the armenian-populated village of kesab. lahoudâs older brother, nasri lahoud, was a judge who served as the military prosecutor general. emile lahoud is the nephew of salim lahoud who served as lebanese foreign minister from 1955 to 1957. emile lahoud is the great-grandson of takouhi kalebjian and minas sagerian on his maternal side who were from adabazar, ottoman empire (now adapazari, republic of turkey). adabazar is located about 50 miles (80 kilometers) outside istanbul on the black sea. both minas and takouhi were massacred during the armenian genocide which occurred under the rule of the ottoman empire during world war i. ==education== lahoud received his elementary education at the collÃ¨ge de la sagesse in beirut and his secondary education at brummana high school in north metn. he entered the military academy as [[naval cadet|a naval cadet
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