Aoun headed the country’s army since 2017 and was selected Thursday to succeed Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022. The two are not related. The election came amid a fragile ceasefire ...

including the last head of state Michel Aoun, who is of no relation. Aoun’s election is a chance for a fresh start for Lebanon after years of domination by Hezbollah – the country has had no ...

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Since October 2022, when Michel Aoun stepped down as president at the end of his six-year term, the Parliament had voted on a replacement 12 times without success. Under Lebanon’s sectarian ...

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.

Michel Aoun, who is no relation. In an unusually political statement for an army commander, Aoun criticized ruling politicians over Lebanon's financial collapse in 2021, saying soldiers were going ...

The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the army commander — whose term ended in October 2022. The vote came ...

Analysts say Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday and is considered a man of “personal integrity”, could be the right candidate to finally replace Michel Aoun – no relation – whose term as ...

including the last head of state Michel Aoun, who is no relation. In an unusually political statement for an army commander, Aoun criticised ruling politicians over Lebanon's financial collapse in ...

The presidency, reserved for a Maronite Christian under Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing system, had remained vacant since Michel Aoun’s term ended in October 2022, with deeply divided factions ...

ALBAWABA - Lebanese MPs started to arrive at Nejmeh Square to hold a session to elect the 14th president of Lebanon. In the previous 13th sessions, Lebanese lawmakers were unable to settle on ...