Nawaf Salam is a Lebanese politician, diplomat, jurist and academic who is currently serving as the 53rd prime minister of Lebanon since 13 January 2025 and the 27th president of the International Court of Justice. He was elected on 9 November 2017 as judge on the International Court of Justice for the 2018â2027 term, having received a concurrent majority of votes in the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council. He served as Lebanon's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 2007 to 2017, during which period he held the positions of President of the Security Council and Vice President of the General Assembly. He was elected as president of the International Court of Justice on 6 February 2024. Salam is the second Arab to be elected as president and the first Lebanese judge. On the 13th of January 2025, Salam was nominated by more than half of the MPs making him become prime minister designate of Lebanon.