Nawaf Salam
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نوّاف سلام | |||||||||||||||||||
Salam in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 53rd Prime Minister of Lebanon | |||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 8 February 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| President | Joseph Aoun | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Tarek Mitri | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Najib Mikati | ||||||||||||||||||
| President of the International Court of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 6 February 2024 – 14 January 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President | Julia Sebutinde | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Joan Donoghue | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yuji Iwasawa | ||||||||||||||||||
| Judge of the International Court of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 6 February 2018 – 14 January 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Christopher Greenwood | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Vacant | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Nawaf Abdallah Salim Salam 15 December 1953 Beirut, Lebanon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Sahar Baassiri | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Salim Ali Salam (grandfather) Saeb Salam (uncle) Tammam Salam (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Education | International College, Beirut | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Harvard University (LLM) Sciences Po (PhD) Sorbonne University (PhD) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | International Judge • Diplomat • Academic • Politician | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | Official X | ||||||||||||||||||
Nawaf Abdallah Salim Salam (Arabic: نوّاف عبد الله سليم سلام; born 15 December 1953) is a Lebanese politician, diplomat, jurist and academic who has been serving as the 53rd prime minister of Lebanon since 8 February 2025. Salam previously sat on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a nine-year term beginning in 2018, and additionally served as Lebanon's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 2007 to 2017, during which time he held the positions of President of the Security Council and Vice President of the General Assembly. In 2024, he was elected the 27th president of the ICJ, becoming the second Arab and the first Lebanese judge to hold the office. He resigned from the court after the parliament of Lebanon nominated him as prime minister.
He is from a prominent Sunni political family. He studied in France and the United States. He worked as a university lecturer and lawyer.