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Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed ...
Joseph Khalil Aoun (/ aʊ n /; Arabic: جوزاف خليل عون; [a] born 10 January 1964) is a Lebanese politician and army general who has served as the 14th president of Lebanon since 9 January 2025. [1] [2] He previously served as commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, and is the fifth commander appointed president. [3]
Another factor that unlocked the Aoun presidency is also significant: Hezbollah and its allies in the Amal party voted for him. Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun inspects troops in Beirut after ...
In his acceptance speech, Aoun hailed the dawn of a “new era” in Lebanon as it seeks to rebound after a 14-month conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that ended with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire ...
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The vote came weeks after a tenuous ceasefire agreement halted a 14-month conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and at a time when Lebanon’s leaders are ...
One of the most influential Christian parties in the country, the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the current president — opposed his candidacy. And the Lebanese Forces party gave him their endorsement only the night before the election. Some have argued that Joseph Aoun’s election violated the law.
Official portrait of Émile Eddé during the French mandate. The first Lebanese constitution was promulgated on 23 May 1926, and subsequently amended several times. Modeled after that of the French Third Republic, it provided for a bicameral parliament with Chamber of Deputies and a Senate (although the latter was eventually dropped), a president, and a Council of Ministers, or cabinet.
Joseph Aoun (born 1964) 8 March 2017: 9 January 2025: 7 years, 307 days [3] – Major General Hassan Audi (born 1968) acting: 9 January 2025 Incumbent: 32 days [4 ...