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Lebanon’s Parliament on Thursday elected the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as its president, ending a two-year deadlock and power vacuum at the top of the country’s political power ...
Domestically, Lebanon’s newly minted president must oversee this process while preventing the outbreak of civil strife, something he hinted at in his acceptance speech when he promised to stop ...
Lebanon’s parliament has elected the US-backed army chief to be the country’s new president, ending a years-long political stalemate and presidential vacuum.. Army chief Joseph Aoun was voted ...
Michel Naim Aoun (Arabic: ميشال نعيم عون, Lebanese Arabic: [miˈʃæːl naˈʕiːm ʕawn]; born 30 September 1933) [3] [4] is a Lebanese politician and former general who served as the 13th president of Lebanon from 31 October 2016 to 30 October 2022.
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 January 9, 2025.
An indirect election of the president of Lebanon took place from 29 September 2022 until 9 January 2025 to determine the successor of term-limited incumbent Michel Aoun. [1] The commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces , Joseph Aoun (no close relation to Michel), [ 2 ] was elected president in the second round of voting of the thirteenth ...
President Michel Aoun left Lebanon's presidential palace Sunday, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement, leaving the small nation in a political vacuum that is likely to worsen ...
During the period of the French mandate in Lebanon, he was appointed minister of justice, then president of the National Assembly, and finally first president of Lebanon. He was elected president in 1926, then re-elected in 1929 by 42 votes out of 44. He was kept at his post until January 1934 by the French mandate. Under his presidency, the ...