Lebanon has remained without a president throughout 2024 as parliament repeatedly failed to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, who left ... A is always plenty of fun to keep up with.

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

The 61-year-old Aoun now fills a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his predecessor, Michel Aoun – who is not related to him. Joseph Aoun’s appointment overcame a major impasse ...

Michel Aoun (unrelated), ended in October 2022, opening a deep political crisis. In the multiethnic and multireligious country, the highest offices are assigned by convention to representatives of ...

Aoun was elected by the Lebanese parliament on Thursday, ending over two years of political vacuum since President Michel Aoun left office in October 2022. The meeting also addressed the ongoing ...

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 president ended ...

After former president Michel Aoun ended his term of office on October 31, 2022, the country’s parliament failed to elect a new president because the ruling party was unable to choose a candidate.

This development comes after a protracted political stalemate, which left the presidential seat vacant following the conclusion of former President Michel Aoun's term in October 2022. Since then ...

Lebanese Army Chief Commander Joseph Aoun, elected president, in Beirut on January 9. MOHAMED AZAKIR/REUTERS On Thursday, January 9, abandoning his traditional fatigues, Joseph Aoun made his ...

Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi ...

The political division had derailed Lebanon, leaving the country without a president following the end of the tenure of Michel Aoun — who is not related to the new head of state — in October 2022.