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Army Chief Joseph Aoun elected Lebanon’s President

Who is Joseph Aoun, a low-profile army chief who is now Lebanon's president?

Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with any party or even expressing a political opinion — a rarity for someone in Lebanon’s fractured,

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US-backed army chief elected Lebanon’s president, ending years-long stalemate

Lebanon’s parliament has elected its US-backed army chief to be the country’s next president, ending a years-long political stalemate and presidential vacuum.

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Lebanon elects US-backed army chief Joseph Aoun as president

General Joseph Aoun secured 99 votes from the 128-seat parliament, after winning an endorsement from the Hezbollah-backed candidate. The career soldier is the fifth army commander to be elected president in Lebanon’s history.

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Lebanon army chief short of required majority in first round of president vote

Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun on Thursday fell short of the two-thirds majority to become president in the first round of ...

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Watershed moment for the Middle East after Lebanon elects new president - with a Saudi push

Presidents in Lebanon are brought to power by near political consensus, but more than six contenders were still in play.

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Lebanon PM To Visit New Damascus Ruler On Saturday

Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati will on Saturday make his first official trip to neighbouring Syria since the fall of president Bashar al-Assad, his office told AFP.

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Weakening of Hezbollah allowed Lebanon to fill vacant presidency

The weakening of Hezbollah in last year's war with Israel allowed Lebanon's long deadlocked parliament to reach consensus ...

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