This is particularly true in Lebanon, especially following new fractures in the Hezbollah-Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) alliance. In the closing days of 2021, President Michel ...

An exception is Michel Aoun, who led the Free Patriotic Movement before becoming president. The Lebanese president has to be a Maronite Christian, according to Lebanon’s political representation ...

Joseph Aoun is the first to be picked since the departure of Michel Aoun in 2022. Lebanese lawmakers were unable from the first session on Jan. 9 to elect a new president. A second session was ...

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 ...

Lebanese army commander Joseph Aoun on Thursday became the country’s 14th president, filling the top seat that has been vacant since Michel Aoun left office in October 2022. Born in 1964 ...

Aoun’s victory, which saw members of parliament erupting in celebration as he reached the required threshold of 86 votes, came on the legislature’s 13th attempt to find a successor for Michel ...

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 ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys US approval and showing the diminished sway of the Iran ...

The Lebanese Parliament has failed 12 times to pick a new president since former president Michel Aoun left office on October 30, 2022. Michel Aoun, a Lebanese politician and former general ...

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

File pic: Reuters Aoun - no relation to the previous president Michel Aoun - has been chief of the Lebanese Army and was the preferred choice of the United States, France and Saudi Arabia ...

The presidency, reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system, has been vacant since Michel Aoun's term ended in October 2022, with deeply divided factions unable ...