Elias Hrawi
On 13 October 1990 the Syrian Army, given an international green light, invaded the last of the autonomous Lebanese zones controlled by Prime Minister General Michel Aoun in order to end his "Rebellion" and to put in office President Elias Hrawi. The latter was elected in November 1989, under the terms of the Taif Agreement signed and ratified by the Lebanese Parliament in an uncommon session held in Saudi Arabia in an attempt to end the Lebanese Civil War. Following the Syrian invasion, a political transition occurred, with Elias Hrawi assuming his full presidential authority, whilst General Aoun was exiled to France and General Salim Kallas was removed from his command on 16 November 1990.