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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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 ...

It 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. Aoun is widely seen as the ...

After being sworn in, Aoun declared, "A new phase in Lebanon's history" had begun. Analysts view him as a man of integrity who is well-placed to rebuild Lebanon after his predecessor, Michel Aoun ...

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 ...

The U.S.-backed army chief was voted president after two rounds of voting amid verbal clashes with Lebanese lawmakers shouting at each other following 12 previous attempts over the past two years to ...

Aoun secured 99 votes from the 128-seat parliament to win the presidency on Thursday afternoon. He only needed a simple parliamentary majority in the second round, according to Al Jazeera. Lebanon had ...

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 ...