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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]
Lebanon’s parliament has elected its US-backed army chief to be the country’s next president, ending a years-long political stalemate and presidential vacuum.
Aoun, a 60-year-old career soldier, became the fifth Lebanese army commander to be elected as president in Lebanon's history, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the post.
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 ...
Aoun commanded the Lebanese army's 9th infantry brigade before being appointed army chief in March 2017. During his tenure as commander, he oversaw the army’s response to a series of crises, beginning with a battle to push out Islamist militants from the Islamic State group and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, who were then operating in eastern ...
Joseph Aoun – army commander and president of Lebanon since 9 January 2025; Emile Boustany – former army commander; Jean Kahwaji – former army commander; Samir El-Khadem – former commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces, author, historian; Émile Lahoud – former army commander; Jamil Al Sayyed – former Lebanese General Security Director
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 ...
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.