Elie Salem

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Elie Salem

Elie A. Salem (b. 1930) is a Lebanese academic, scholar and diplomat. He was the president of the University of Balamand from 1993 until his retirement in 2018. In the 1980s, he was the nation’s deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs; previous to that, he served as Dean of Arts and Sciences at the American University of Beirut. Salem is the author of multiple books and articles on Lebanon and the Middle East. He lives in his ancestral village of Bterram, Al-Kurah.

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