Army chief elected Lebanon's president after years of deadlock
Lebanon's parliament has elected the country's army chief as president, ending a power vacuum that has lasted more than two years.
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Bernie Sanders receives vote in Lebanese parliamentary election for president
Another member voted for former President Michel Aoun, who is of no relation to Joseph Aoun. The Sanders vote wasn't the only brush with U.S. politics during the election. Supporters unfurled a ...
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Lebanon's parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock
It ended when former President Michel Aoun was elected ... But because of the constitutional issues surrounding his election, Aoun needed a two-thirds majority in the second round to clinch ...
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Joseph Aoun elected president of Lebanon, ending two-year void
Lebanon has been without a president since October 2022, when the term of Hezbollah-backed President Michel Aoun (no relation ... diplomatic efforts in an apparent bid to secure the election of Aoun.
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Lebanon Elects President Following a Two-Year Power Vacuum Signaling a Weakened Hezbollah
The U.S.-backed army chief was voted president after ... to the former president, Michel Aoun – no relation – whose term ended in October 2022. Joseph Aoun’s election comes after Hezbollah ...
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Who Is Joseph Aoun? Lebanon's Potential Next President
Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago ... On Thursday, the country is set to hold elections to fill the top post, potentially ushering in a new era of leadership.
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US-backed army chief elected Lebanon’s president, ending years-long stalemate
Lebanon has been without a president since the end of the tenure of former President Michel Aoun – who is not related to Joseph ... to have also expedited the long-awaited presidential election.
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Joseph Aoun’s election as Lebanese president ends two-year political stalemate
"We congratulate our brothers in Lebanon on the election of General Joseph Aoun as president ... with the goal of overthrowing the government of Saad Hariri and President Michel Aoun, Joseph Aoun ...
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Who is Joseph Aoun, a low-profile army chief who is now Lebanon's president?
But Aoun's election was not without controversy or ... the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the current president — opposed his candidacy.
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Lebanon’s parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending two-year deadlock
Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the ... clearing the way for the army chief’s election. Hezbollah has been seriously weakened militarily in recent weeks ...
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Bernie Sanders receives vote in Lebanese parliamentary election for president
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) received a vote to be Lebanon’s president in a parliamentary election for the position. On Thursday, Lebanon elected its first president in two years — Army Chief ...