Aoun was elected by the Lebanese parliament on Thursday, ending over two years of political vacuum since President Michel Aoun left office in October 2022. The meeting also addressed the ongoing ...

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 ...

During his first meeting with Lebanon’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian at the Baabda Palace ... of political vacuum since President Michel Aoun left office in October 2022.

NNA - Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, said after meeting with President of the Republic General Joseph Aoun: "We adopt all the contents of the oath speech, which is like ...

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian expressed his appreciation for the inaugural speech and emphasized, during his visit to President Joseph Aoun, the importance of implementing its content. He ...

He also praised President Joseph Aoun’s inaugural speech after he was sworn in ... including Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif al-Derian, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai and Sheikh Akl of the Druze ...

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 ...

During the 2019 protests, which were partly driven by forces under the direction of the U.S. embassy in Beirut with the goal of overthrowing the government of Saad Hariri and President Michel Aoun, ...

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 ...