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Since the Lebanese constitution states that in the event of a presidential vacancy, the outgoing president appoint a temporary prime minister to act as president, outgoing president Gemayel decided to appoint Maronite army commander Michel Aoun to that office, notwithstanding the tradition of reserving it for a Sunni Muslim. al-Huss refused to concede the prime minister's post to Aoun, so the two ended up heading rival administrations; with Aoun occupying the presidential palace in [[East Beirut]], al-Huss established his own office in [[West Beirut]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Michel Aoun |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |date=13 November 2019 |last=Zeidan |first=Adam |publisher= |location= |id= |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michel-Aoun |access-date=26 August 2024 |archive-date=12 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812163629/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michel-Aoun |url-status=live }}</ref> |
Since the Lebanese constitution states that in the event of a presidential vacancy, the outgoing president appoint a temporary prime minister to act as president, outgoing president Gemayel decided to appoint Maronite army commander Michel Aoun to that office, notwithstanding the tradition of reserving it for a Sunni Muslim. al-Huss refused to concede the prime minister's post to Aoun, so the two ended up heading rival administrations; with Aoun occupying the presidential palace in [[East Beirut]], al-Huss established his own office in [[West Beirut]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Michel Aoun |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |date=13 November 2019 |last=Zeidan |first=Adam |publisher= |location= |id= |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michel-Aoun |access-date=26 August 2024 |archive-date=12 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812163629/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michel-Aoun |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Lebanon was thus left with no president and two rival governments: one constitutional and the other recognized by many states. However, although Syria, at the time occupying much of Lebanon, supported al-Huss, and although al-Huss' |
Lebanon was thus left with no president and two rival governments: one constitutional and the other recognized by many states. However, although Syria, at the time occupying much of Lebanon, supported al-Huss, and although al-Huss' cabinet was already operational, most of the international community dealt with administrations on both sides of the [[Green Line (Lebanon)|Green Line]] and recognized both as Lebanon's prime ministers even though, constitutionally speaking, Aoun was the lawfully-appointed prime minister and acting president of Lebanon.<ref name="BBC_Timeline">{{cite web |date=9 May 2008 |title=Timeline: Lebanon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14649284 |access-date=18 May 2008 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |quote=Lebanon now has two governments – one mainly Muslim in West Beirut, headed by Al Huss, the other, exclusively Christian, in East Beirut, led by the Maronite Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Gen Michel Aoun.}}</ref> |
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Violent conflict between the two prime ministers soon arose over Aoun's refusal to accept the presence of [[Syrian]] troops in Lebanon. In competition with Aoun, al-Huss remained acting president from 1988 until 5 November 1989, when [[René Moawad]] took office. When Moawad was assassinated seventeen days later, al-Huss reprised his role as acting president for two days, at which point [[Elias Hrawi]] was elected to succeed Moawad.<ref name="BBC_Timeline" /> |
Violent conflict between the two prime ministers soon arose over Aoun's refusal to accept the presence of [[Syrian]] troops in Lebanon. In competition with Aoun, al-Huss remained acting president from 1988 until 5 November 1989, when [[René Moawad]] took office. When Moawad was assassinated seventeen days later, al-Huss reprised his role as acting president for two days, at which point [[Elias Hrawi]] was elected to succeed Moawad.<ref name="BBC_Timeline" /> |