Salim Ahmad al-Huss (Arabic: سليم أحمد الحص, romanized: Salīm ʾAḥmad al-Ḥuṣṣ; born 20 December 1929)^[1] also spelled Selim El-Hoss, is a Lebanese politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon and a longtime Member of Parliament representing his hometown, Beirut. He is known as a technocrat.

Salim al-Huss was born into a Sunni Muslim family in Beirut in 1929. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from the American University of Beirut and a PhD in business and economics from Indiana University in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Al-Huss was married to Leila Pharaoun, a Maronite Christian who converted to Islam at the end of her life in order to be buried next to her husband in a Muslim cemetery, according to a 2000 interview with al-Huss.^[2][3]

Al-Huss served as prime minister of Lebanon four times. The first was from 1976 until 1980 during the first years of the Lebanese Civil War.^[4] His second, and most controversial term, was from 1987 until 1989, when in 1988 he unconstitutionally nominated himself as prime minister but was recognized by many nations and statesmen of the international community. Al-Huss was chosen a third time to serve as prime minister by President Elias Hrawi from November 1989 until December 1990. He served as prime minister again from December 1998 to October 2000.^{[citation needed]}

After losing his parliamentary seat to a previously unknown candidate running with former prime minister Rafik Hariri in the general elections of 2000,^[5] a frail al-Huss resigned as prime minister, declaring an end to his political career.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2005, he was considered as a candidate to form a new government following the resignation of Omar Karami (Prime Minister again), but he reportedly refused to accept the position for health reasons; Najib Mikati was subsequently appointed.^{[citation needed]}

During his last two terms as prime minister, he was also foreign minister.^{[citation needed]}

He is a member of the anti-imperialist conference Axis for Peace. Al-Huss is a strong opponent of capital punishment, and during his term as prime minister he refused to sign any execution warrants, temporarily halting executions in Lebanon, which remain rare.^[6]

On 2 May 2017, aged 87, al-Huss took part in a one-day hunger strike in a show of solidarity with the ongoing hunger strike of some 1,500 Palestinian prisoners.^[8][9]

• The Development of Lebanon as Financial Market (in English), 1974.
• Window on the Future (in Arabic), 1981.
• Lebanon: Agony and Peace (in English), 1982.
• Lebanon at the Crossroads (in Arabic), 1983.
• Dots on the Is (in Arabic), 1987.
• A War Among Victims (in Arabic), 1988.
• On the Road to a New Republic (In Arabic), 1991.
• The Epoch of Resolution and Whim (in Arabic), 1991.
• A Time of Hope and Disappointment (in Arabic), 1992.
• Reminiscences and Lessons (in Arabic), 1994.
• For Fact and History (in Arabic), 2001.
• Nationalist Landmarks (in Arabic), 2002.
• Face-to-Face with Sectarianism (in Arabic), 2003.
• Gist of a Life Time (in Arabic), 2004.
• Sound without Echo (in Arabic), 2004
• A call for an Open Dialogue (in Arabic), 2005.
• Stance as weapon (in Arabic), 2006.
• Epoch of Agonies (in Arabic), 2007.
• Ma Qalla wa dall (in Arabic), 2008.