Suleiman

Suleiman or Süleyman. For Ottoman sultans thus named, use Sulayman.

Suleiman or Sleiman, Michel, 1948-, Lebanese army officer, president of Lebanon (2008-). He joined the army in 1967, graduated from Lebanon's military academy in 1970, and rose through the officer ranks. An infantry commander (1993-98), he was appointed army commander in 1998 and, heading the army for a decade, kept the military united and neutral during the political turmoil and sectarian violence in Lebanon from 2005 to 2008. Suleiman also gained prominence during the army's successful battle with Islamist militants in N Lebanon in 2007. After a standoff between feuding political factions that left the presidency vacant for six months, Suleiman was elected to the office by parliament in May, 2008.

Suleiman, Sulayman, Sulaiman, Süleyman, or Solyman is a male Arabic given name that means "Man of Peace". People known primarily by the given name Suleiman include:

• Suleiman the Magnificent, also Suleiman I (1494-1566)
• Sulayman, transliteration of the Arabic name for Solomon (fl. perhaps c. 1000 BC), a wise leader described in Islamic and Jewish scriptures

Other rulers in south-west Asia since Islam arose

• Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674 - 717)
• Suleiman II of Córdoba (d.1016)
• Suleyman I of Rûm (d.1086)
• Suleyman I ibn-al-Ghazi, emir of Aleppo (ruled 1118-1121)
• Suleyman II of Aleppo (ruled 1121-1123)
• Süleyman of Great Seljuk (d. 1161)
• Suleiman II of Rum (1196-1204)
• Suleyman Shah (d. 1227 or 1228), grandfather of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire
• Suleiman Khan, Ilkhan of Persia (ruled 1339-1344)
• Suleiman II (1642-1691)
• Suleiman I of Persia (d.1694)
• Suleiman II of Persia (d.1750)

Rulers in Africa, Europe, and the Pacific Rim

• Suleyman (mansa), mansa of Mali (1341-1360)
• Slimane of Morocco (1792-1822)
• Rajah Sulayman, native king of a part of Philippines
• Sulayman al-Arabi, wali of Barcelona

See also

• Several Rulers of Damascus with "Sulayman" and "Süleyman" spellings.
• Wikipedia pages beginning with "Suleiman"