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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 .
(disputed with Michel Aoun) Sometimes spelled Leila Pharaoun [13] or Leyla Pharaon. Acting First Lady Leila Pharaoun was a Maronite Christian, while her husband, acting President Selim Hoss, was Sunni Muslim. [13] [14] She also served as the wife of the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1976–1980, 1987–1990, and 1998–2000. Nadia El-Chami ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group Hezbollah, ordering it to ...
He served as a minister in different cabinets, and succeeded Aoun as president of the Free Patriotic Movement in 2015. [3] Michel's nephew, Alain Aoun, is a Member of Parliament, elected in 2009, 2018 and 2022. Notable members: Joseph Aoun – political personality Alain Aoun – member of parliament; son of Joseph; Michel Aoun – President ...
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with any party or even expressing a political opinion — a rarity for someone in Lebanon’s fractured, transactional political system.