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 ...

Since October 2022, when Michel Aoun stepped down as president at the end of his six-year term, the Parliament had voted on a replacement 12 times without success. Under Lebanon’s sectarian ...

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.

including the last head of state Michel Aoun, who is of no relation. Aoun’s election is a chance for a fresh start for Lebanon after years of domination by Hezbollah – the country has had no ...

The Presidency is reserved for a Maronite Christian in the country's sectarian power-sharing system and has been vacant since Michel Aoun's term ended in October 2022. LEBANESE PRESIDENT Michel ...

CNN notes that Lebanon has been without a president since October 2022, when the term of former President Michel Aoun ended (he is not related to Joseph Aoun). The former president was supported ...

The post, reserved for a Maronite Christian in the country's sectarian power-sharing system, has been vacant since Michel Aoun's term ended in October 2022. None of the groups in the 128-seat ...

The Mediterranean country has been without a president since the term of Michel Aoun -- unrelated to his successor -- ended in October 2022.

Joseph Aoun is the first to be picked since the departure of Michel Aoun in 2022. Lebanese lawmakers were unable from the first session on Jan. 9 to elect a new president. A second session was ...