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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 (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 .
Joseph Aoun جوزاف عون (born 1964) 9 January 2025 Incumbent 45 days Independent [b] Aoun is the fifth army commander turned president. [15] Aoun was previously a commander in the Lebanese Commando Regiment, head of the 9th Infantry Brigade, and commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces.
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.
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.
President Michel Aoun gave a speech on 21 November, on the eve of Lebanese Independence Day, in which he called for an end to protests and "hateful language on the streets" and promised an "anti-corruption cabinet". Protesters expressed dissatisfaction with the speech by resuming the closing of roads.
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
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.