Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum.

Former President Michel Aoun visited Baabda Palace on Friday to meet with newly elected President Joseph Aoun. After the meeting, Michel Aoun said, “It is only natural to come and congratulate him, ...

The new head of state is elected in the second round of voting this afternoon with 99 votes out of 128. Sources tell AsiaNews ...

Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy. Lebanese Army ...

Lebanese lawmakers ended a two-year presidential deadlock by electing General Joseph Aoun, the respected army commander, as ...

The vote Thursday marked the first time since June 2023 that parliament had met to elect a president — and the 13th time since 2022, when Aoun’s predecessor, Michel Aoun (no relation), prepared to ...

Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has started for the war-ravaged country and pledged to rebuild the state, adopt a policy of "positive neutrality" and ...

Lebanon’s parliament voted on Thursday to elect the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more ...

In becoming president, a post reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon's sectarian system, he will follow in the footsteps of other former army commanders who have assumed the post, including the ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with any party or ...

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 ...

ALBAWABA - Joseph Aoun, Lebanese army commander, just got elected as Lebanon's 14th president in the second voting session of the Lebanese parliament wi ...