Who is Joseph Aoun, the new president of Lebanon?
Jan 9, 2025 · Lebanese Army commander Joseph Aoun is the new president of Lebanon. The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his...
Who Is Joseph Aoun? Lebanon's Potential Next President
Jan 9, 2025 · Lebanon's Parliament currently has 128 members, requiring the next president to secure at least 86 votes in the first round. If no candidate achieves this, a simple majority of 65 votes is needed ...
Watershed moment for the Middle East after Lebanon elects new president …
Jan 11, 2025 · It was a last-minute push by Saudi Arabia that decided Lebanon’s fate on Thursday. There were less than 24 hours before parliament was set to choose the next president. But Lebanon’s checkered ...
Who is Joseph Aoun, a low-profile army chief who is now Lebanon…
Jan 10, 2025 · 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 a political opinion.
Who is Lebanon's new President, Joseph Aoun? - The Jerusalem …
Jan 9, 2025 · General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and Hezbollah, ordering it to...
Who is Lebanons new president Joseph Aoun? - Lebanon News
Jan 9, 2025 · Lebanon's parliament ended years of political deadlock on Thursday, electing Joseph Aoun as the country's new president in a closely watched session. After numerous failed attempts to elect a president, 128 MPs convened at parliament in two consecutive sessions to cast their votes for Joseph Aoun.
France's Macron expresses support for new leadership in Lebanon …
Jan 17, 2025 · BEIRUT (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron met Friday with Lebanon’s newly elected President Joseph Aoun and vowed to support the small nation as it tries to recover from a historic economic crisis and the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war.. Macron’s trip to Lebanon, his first in more than four years, follows a 60-day ceasefire deal that went into effect Nov. 27 between Israel and ...
Lebanon chooses a new president after two years without one
Jan 9, 2025 · BEIRUT — Lebanon's parliament has chosen the head of the country's armed forces, Joseph Aoun, to be its next president, after going more than two years without one.
Lebanon's new president stresses urgency of Israeli withdrawal …
Jan 18, 2025 · Lebanon's new president Joseph Aoun stressed to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday the urgency of an Israeli military withdrawal as stipulated by a ceasefire deal that ...
Lebanon’s parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president …
Jan 10, 2025 · BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum.