On May 25, 2008 (April 21, 2008 in the lunar calendar), Michel Suleiman was elected President of Lebanon. Michel Suleiman On May 25, 2008, the Lebanese Conference was held to elect Michel Suleiman, Commander-in-Chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as President of Lebanon, ending the six-month vacancy in this position. On the same day, all 127 members of the Lebanese Parliament participated in the voting. As the only presidential candidate, Suleiman received 118 votes in favor. Solana, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign and Security Policy, Moussa, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, French Foreign Minister Kouchner, Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki, and foreign ministers and speakers of several Arab countries were invited to participate in the election meeting. After the election results were announced, the Lebanese capital Beirut rang out with heavy gunfire to celebrate the election of Suleiman. Due to the difficulty of reconciling the differences between the Lebanese parliamentary majority and the opposition, the presidential election originally scheduled for September 25, 2007 was repeatedly postponed, leaving President Lahoud vacant after his term ended in November last year. Earlier this month, armed clashes broke out between the two opposing factions in Lebanon. Under the mediation of Arab countries, the leaders of the two opposing factions in Lebanon reached an agreement in Doha, Qatar, on the 21st, agreeing to elect Suleiman as president as soon as possible, and reached an agreement on future cabinet positions and electoral laws.