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# Presidential Symbols (Lebanon)

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## Seal

image by Zoltan Horvath, 26 June 2024

The General Directorate of the Presidency of the Republic announced the completion of designing a logo for the Presidency for the first time since independence, to be officially adopted in occasions and correspondence between His Excellency the President and the Presidency alike, in order to add a unique, private, distinctive and powerful symbol that the institution represents in the history, present and future of the Lebanese.
The design, which reflects Lebanon's history and cultural and civilizational identity, includes symbols and meanings rooted in the Lebanese national memory, the most important of which is the cedar tree, the immortal symbol of Lebanon, the homeland, and the rays of the sun pointing to the East and its heart, Lebanon, the beacon of freedom and culture, in addition to the stars and the brilliance of the role of the Lebanese person, as well as the snow-capped mountains, the symbol of pride, dignity and purity National.
The adopted symbols also include the olive branch, which symbolizes peace, and the Phoenician ship, which represents history, the alphabet, heritage, and the culture of communication, in addition to the waves, which symbolize the sea and the Lebanese coast, which constitutes the face of the country open to the world, while the arrows were chosen because they historically represent the official symbol of the Lebanese Republic.
In addition to the symbols, a group of indicative and harmonious colors were used in the design, such as yellow for the sun's rays, dark blue for the color of the sea, white for the snow, and light blue for the sky.
Source: https://www.presidency.gov.lb/Arabic/News/Pages/Details.aspx?nid=22911
It was announced on 28 March 2014.

Zoltan Horvath, 26 June 2024

## Recent

image by Eugene Ipavec, 16 March 2012 | image by Eugene Ipavec, 16 March 2012 |  |

A photo of Lebanese president Michel Suleiman (2008-) shows him wearing the presidential sash. Oddly enough it is not a more-or-less faithful interpretation on the national flag, but rather a solid red band with a white rectangle containing the cedar. (One wonders if this might not be the relic of the pattern of some long-obsolete presidential standard?) The red is slightly darker than normal, and the cedar has a black – or very dark brown – trunk and branches. Presidential sashes do not ordinarily seem to be a custom in the Middle East; it must be the French influence.
Eugene Ipavec, 20 Jan 2010

Here is a photo of the former president of Lebanon Emile Lahoud (1998-2007) wearing a presidential sash with lighter red.
Aleksandar Nemet, 24 Jan 2010

## Post-Independence (1943-late 80s?)

image by Eugene Ipavec, 16 March 2012 | image by Eugene Ipavec, 16 March 2012 |  |

...and another of Amine Gemayel wearing a different sash.
Aleksandar Nemet, 24 Jan 2010

## Pre-Independence (?-1943)

image by Eugene Ipavec, 20 Jan 2010 | image by Eugene Ipavec, 20 Jan 2010 |  |

More details about the sash in 1938.