Fuad Chehab
Khoury's years in office were marked by great economic growth, but the 1948 Arab-Israeli War in which Lebanon fought on the Arab side strained the Lebanese economy with its financial cost and with the influx of some 100,000 Palestinian refugees. Those factors, along with major corruption in Khoury's administration and presidency, provoked massive demonstrations, which forced him to resign on 18 September 1952. He was succeeded by Camille Chamoun although technically, Fuad Chehab succeeded him temporarily as acting president.