Michel Aoun poses at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on Monday. WAEL HAMZEH / EPA. The 81-year-old former army commander is a strong ally of the militant group Hezbollah.

Michel Aoun, onetime disputed president, was welcomed to palace with 21-gun salute. CNN — Lebanon’s parliament ended the country’s 29-month leadership stalemate Monday by electing a ...

Michel Aoun, the 89-year-old Christian president who presided over Lebanon’s cataclysmic financial meltdown and the deadly Beirut port blast, vacates the presidential palace on Sunday, leaving a ...

President Michel Aoun has left Lebanon’s presidential palace, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement. Bassem Mroue, Abby Sewell. Sunday 30 October 2022 13:57 GMT.

BEIRUT – Michel Aoun, Lebanon's strong-willed Christian leader, has waited more than three decades for the chance to become president. On Monday, the 81-year-old politician finally fulfilled his ...

Lebanon President Michel Aoun speaks at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2019, in New York City. He resigned from the presidency on Sunday.

News about Michel Aoun. Commentary and archival information about Michel Aoun from The New York Times.

Lebanese president Michel Aoun left office on Sunday on the penultimate day of his six-year term, returning to private life and leaving the country without a leader as its newly elected parliament ...

When Michel Aoun became president in 2016, putting an end to a two-year power vacuum due to political wrangling, he vowed to be the "strong" president Lebanon so desperately needed.

Michel Aoun is a politician who has been serving as the president of Lebanon since 31 October 2016. Aoun joined the Military Academy in 1955 and became the country's youngest commander of the army ...

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has vacated the presidential palace with no successor in line to replace him as the divided country struggles to recover from a years-long financial crisis.