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Lebanon's parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock
Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild. The ...
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Lebanon Army Chief Aoun Becomes President After Two-Year Vacancy
Under multi-confessional Lebanon's power-sharing system, the president must be a Maronite Christian, as do military chiefs.
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US-backed army chief elected Lebanon’s president, ending years-long stalemate
Lebanon had been without a president since the end of the tenure of former President Michel Aoun – who is not related to Joseph Aoun – in October 2022. The former president was backed by Iran ...
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Lebanese parliament fails to elect president in 1st round of voting
The assembly convened early in the day to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, who left office in October 2022. According to an Anadolu reporter, 71 lawmakers voted for army chief Joseph Aoun ...
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Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun elected president
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 ...
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Lebanon’s parliament chooses army chief as president, ending two-year deadlock
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 ...