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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]
Joseph Aoun is the Lebanon’s fifth army commander to become president, and the fourth in a row. ... In his acceptance speech, Aoun hailed the dawn of a “new era” in Lebanon as it seeks to ...
Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday formed the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022. President Joseph Aoun announced in a statement that he had accepted the resignation of ...
The election was brought about by a robust Saudi effort to rally the necessary support for Aoun. In his acceptance speech, viewed as a blueprint for a six-year tenure, Aoun vowed to monopolize ...
Joseph Aoun (born March 26, 1953) [1] is a Lebanese-born American linguist and academic administrator who serves as the 7th president of Northeastern University since August 2006. He was previously a professor and dean at the University of Southern California .
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.