Lebanon's parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long ...

Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese Army, now holds the presidency, following the terms of his predecessors: Emile Lahoud, Michel Suleiman, and Michel Aoun. This came after the Lebanese ...

(Reuters/representative) While 12 previous attempts have failed to choose a successor to former President Michel Aoun ... backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, the leader of a small ...

In 2014, Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah, who was killed by Israel in September, locked horns with the country’s president, Michel Suleiman, over its growing arsenal of weapons. Suleiman’s ...

Michel Aoun – no relation – whose term ended in October 2022. Joseph Aoun’s election comes after Hezbollah had previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, with close ties to ...

Aoun is also the fourth army commander to hold this position, as Emile Lahoud, Michel Suleiman and Michel Aoun preceded him. This came after Lebanese MPs voted today, Thursday, in the second round ...

The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to former president Michel Aoun — no relation to the army ... war with Israel — previously backed another candidate, Suleiman ...

Three other former army chiefs – Emile Lahoud, Michel Suleiman and Michel Aoun – have served as president. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has said the constitution would have to be changed for Mr Aoun ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected army chief Joseph Aoun as President – finally giving the country a head of state after more than two years. Aoun, who had support from both the US and Saudi ...

Three other former army chiefs - Emile Lahoud, Michel Suleiman and Michel Aoun - have served as president. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has said the constitution would need to be amended in ...