Former Lebanese Parliament Speaker Hussein Al-Husseini died on Wednesday at the age of 86. "Today Lebanon has lost an authentic national and constitutional figure,” caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said. He announced a three-day official mourning, during which flags will fly at half-mast. Husseini was one of the founders of Amal Movement and a main contributor to the brokering of the Taif Agreement that ended the Lebanese Civil War in 1990. He first became an MP representing Baalbek-Hermel in 1972. He was elected Speaker in 1984 and remained in this post until 1992. Following Husseini’s death, Speaker Nabih Berri adjourned a parliamentary session, which was scheduled to be held on Thursday to elect a new president, to January 19.