The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his predecessor, Michel Aoun – who is not related to the new president.

BEIRUT – Michel Aoun, Lebanon's strong-willed Christian leader, has waited more than three decades for the chance to become president. On Monday, the 81-year-old politician finally fulfilled his ...

Supporters of outgoing Lebanese President Michel Aoun gather to say farewell to him near the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, October 30, 2022 [Aziz Taher/Reuters] ...

Michel Aoun, onetime disputed president, was welcomed to palace with 21-gun salute. CNN — ... During Lebanon’s civil war, Aoun’s battalion fought pro-Syria forces.

BEIRUT — Lebanon's parliament elected Michel Aoun as the country's president on Monday, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the top post and a political crisis that brought state institutions ...

Lebanese president Michel Aoun left office on Sunday on the penultimate day of his six-year term, returning to private life and leaving the country without a leader as its newly elected ...

Lebanon's members of parliament had failed in 12 previous rounds of voting to reach a consensus on a president, leaving the presidency vacant since former President Michel Aoun stepped down in ...

BEIRUT-- Lebanon’s parliament on Monday elected Michel Aoun, an 81-year-old former army commander and strong ally of the militant group Hezbollah, as the country’s president, ending a more ...