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

Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a 60-year-old career soldier who kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group ...

Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun has been elected as the country’s president, ending a power vacuum that lasted for more than two years. Aoun secured 99 votes from the 128-seat parliament to ...

Lebanon's parliament elected the former army commander president after a two-year vacancy for the head of state.

“The level of bloodshed was significant and I remember Joseph was steady and focused,” he said. Aoun commanded the Lebanese army’s 9th infantry brigade before being appointed army chief in ...

(AP Photo/Hussein Malla) BEIRUT (AP) — 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 ...