The International Court of Justice in Hague, Netherlands, announced on Tuesday the election of Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam as its president for a three-year termHis Excellency, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, congratulated Judge Nawaf Salam on his election as President of the International Court of JusticeNawaf Salam was born on December 15, 1953. He is a university professor and a jurist. Salam was appointed as Lebanon’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York between July 2007 and December 2017 during which Lebanon chaired the UN Security Council, specifically during the period from 2010 to 2011 as a non-permanent member. Nawaf Salam has also been elected as a member of the International Court of Justice since February 2018 and still to date