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...
Lebanon elects country's army commander as president | AP News
Jan 10, 2025 · The Uniited Nations Security Council has welcomed the election of a Lebanese president. Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum.
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 ...
Lebanon has a new president, Joseph Aoun : NPR
Jan 9, 2025 · Lebanon's parliament chose the head of the country's armed forces, Joseph Aoun, to be its next president, a post that's been vacant since October 2022.
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...
Lebanon's army chief elected president, showing weakened …
Jan 9, 2025 · The parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah...
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 ...
Israel announces it won’t withdraw from southern Lebanon by …
1 day ago · In a call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun pointed to the “destruction of villages adjacent to the southern border and the bulldozing of lands, which will hinder the return of residents to their areas,” according to the state-run National News Agency.
Lebanon Chooses a President After 2 Years of Gridlock
Jan 9, 2025 · Lawmakers elected Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, by an overwhelming majority in the second round of voting, with 99 votes in the 128-seat Parliament, after he...
Lebanon: UN hails election of new President as a critical ... - UN News
Jan 9, 2025 · The United Nations has welcomed the election of a President in Lebanon. General Joseph Aoun was declared President on Thursday following voting in Lebanon's parliament. UN Secretary-General...
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