Lebanon’s former president, Michel Aoun (not related to Joseph Aoun) was a longtime ally of Hezbollah. The group had hoped it could install another ally into the presidential palace by ...

Aoun’s election by the Lebanese parliament ended a Political stalemate that had persisted for more than two years since the departure of Leader Michel Aoun in October 2022. “I invite all ...

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 was the fractious parliament’s 13th try to replace President Michel Aoun (no relation) who left office when his six-year term ended in October 2022. Joseph Aoun is the fourth consecutive ...

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. Joseph Aoun was sworn into office as ...

The former army chief was never a declared candidate for the post of president, which has been vacant since fall 2022, when the term of his predecessor, Michel Aoun (with whom he is not related ...

Joseph Aoun is the latest military figure to ascend to the presidency, joining predecessors such as Fouad Chehab and Michel Sleiman.

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 ...

During the 2019 protests, which were partly driven by forces under the direction of the U.S. embassy in Beirut with the goal of overthrowing the government of Saad Hariri and President Michel Aoun, ...

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 ...

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.