As Lebanon confronts the aftermath of another war with Israel, non-sectarian MP Michel Moawad discusses the new president, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Joseph Aoun is the latest military figure to ascend to the presidency, joining predecessors such as Fouad Chehab and Michel Sleiman.

The presidency, reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing system, has been vacant since Mr Michel Aoun’s term ended in October 2022, with deeply divided factions ...

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 ...

The last time Hezbollah got an Aoun elected president – Michel in October 2016 – the former president said in his inaugural speech: “On the conflict with Israel, we will spare no effort or ...

One of the most influential Christian parties in the country, the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the current president — opposed his candidacy.

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 next ...