17 August 1970
●Election of Suleiman Frangieh
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On 17 August 1970 parliament elected Suleiman Frangieh president by a single vote over Elias Sarkis, the Chehabists' candidate; he dismantled the "Deuxième Bureau" and weakened the state's security services on the eve of the sharpening conflict with the fedayeen.