But who is Joseph Aoun? And why did it take so long for the Lebanese parliament to agree that he was the right person to lead the country? Military experience. Born in 1964 in Sin

BEIRUT – Lebanon’s new president and former ... the Free Patriotic Movement of former President Michel Aoun — no relation to the current president — opposed his candidacy.

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect ... Aoun, no relation to former President Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild.

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no relation to Joseph Aoun. On Thursday, the country is set to hold elections to fill the top post, potentially ushering in a new era of leadership.

After years of gridlock, Lebanon’s parliament elected Aoun, the chief military commander, as president. His win could unlock money for postwar reconstruction.

Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has started for the war-ravaged country and pledged to rebuild the state, adopt a policy of "positive neutrality" and fight corruption.

The Lebanese parliament elected armed forces commander Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday in a second round of voting. Aoun received 99 votes in a second vote from the 128-member parliament.

The election of army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun garnered rare consensus among the Lebanese, backed by the United States and Saudi Arabia in the first presidential election for Lebanon following the fall of the Assad regime.

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

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Photo by Rahim Rhéa/UPI BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 9 (UPI ... former Army commander Michel Aoun, after a 29-month vacuum in the presidency. On Thursday, Jospeh Aoun emerged as a leading candidate ...

New Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam arrived in Beirut on Tuesday morning to face the task, set by President Joseph Aoun, of forming a new cabinet. The appointment of Mr Salam – and the election of Mr Aoun last week – has been met with joy in many parts of the country,