What is Élias Sarkis?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]] | death_place = Paris, France | signature = | cabinet = | profession = Lawyer | occupation = | alma_mater = [[Saint Joseph University]] | residence = | children = | relations = | spouse = Bachelor | party = Chehabist | nationality = [[Lebanese nationality law|Lebanese]] | birthname = Élias Youssef Sarkis | restingplacecoordinates = | restingplace = Chebanieh | death_date = {{death date and age|1985|6|27|1924|7|20|df=y}} | name = Élias Sarkis<br />إلياس سركيس | caption = | honorific-suffix = [[Order of Merit (Lebanon)|OM]], [[National Order of the Cedar|ONC]] | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | imagesize = | alt = | office = 6th [[President of Lebanon]] | birth_place = Chebanieh, Lebanon | term_start = 23 September 1976 | term_end = 22 September 1982 | primeminister = {{plainlist| * [[Rashid Karami]] * [[Selim Hoss]] * [[Takieddine Solh]] * [[Shafik Wazzan]] }} | predecessor = [[Suleiman Frangieh]] | successor = [[Bachir Gemayel]] {{small|(elected)}}<br/>[[Amine Gemayel]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|07|20|df=y}} | signature_alt = }} '''Élias Youssef Sarkis''' (20 July 1924 – 27 June 1985) ({{lang-ar|إلياس سركيس}}) was the president of the [[Lebanon|Lebanese Republic]] from September 23, 1976 to September 22, 1982. Sarkis graduated from the Faculty of Law in 1948. He was appointed Director of Judges at the Presidential Palace in 1958 by the orders of President [[Fouad Chehab]]. In 1968 he was appointed director of the [[Banque du Liban|Central Bank of Lebanon]]. Elias Sarkis ran for the presidential elections in 1970, but lost by one vote. With the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war, he won the Lebane