The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022.
The Lebanese parliament elected armed forces commander Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday in a second ...
Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than ...
Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no ...
Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy. Lebanese Army ...
Aoun, 60, has been commander of US-backed Lebanese army since 2017 and played a key role in shoring up a ceasefire between ...
BEIRUT - Lebanon’s Parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Jan 9, filling the vacant presidency with a ...
After two years of political deadlock, Lebanon elected Gen Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as its new ...
Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a 60-year-old career soldier who kept his ...
Hezbollah's support was vital to propelling Michel Aoun to the presidency in 2016, as the group and factions which supported its possession of a powerful arsenal were in the ascendant. A State ...
Lebanon has elected a president following a two-year deadlock and power vacuum, signaling a weakened Hezbollah.