"To congratulate him and wish him success in these difficult circumstances, of course this is an obligation," says former ...

Lebanon’s parliament is set to vote to elect a president to fill a more than an two-year-long presidential vacuum.

Joseph Aoun is the first to be picked since the departure of Michel Aoun in 2022. Lebanese lawmakers were unable from the first session on Jan. 9 to elect a new president. A second session was ...

Former President Michel Aoun visited Baabda Palace on Friday to meet with newly elected President Joseph Aoun. After the meeting, Michel Aoun said, “It is only natural to come and congratulate him, ...

NNA - President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, on Friday welcomed President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace. After his congratulatory visit to President Joseph Aoun at Baabda Palace, former President ...

Aoun’s victory, which saw members of parliament erupting in celebration as he reached the required threshold of 86 votes, came on the legislature’s 13th attempt to find a successor for Michel ...

Lebanese army commander Joseph Aoun on Thursday became the country’s 14th president, filling the top seat that has been vacant since Michel Aoun left office in October 2022. Born in 1964 ...

Political turmoil has led to Baabda Palace being vacant since Michel Aoun's term ended in 2022. While Hezbollah and its ally the Amal Movement had clung onto Marada Movement leader Sleiman Frangieh – ...

He required to win 86 votes in the first round to be elected as the president. The West Asian country has been operating without a full-fledged functional government since its last president Michel ...

Aoun, 60, garnered 99 votes in a second-round ballot after falling short of the required 86-vote threshold in the first round, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced. The presidency, reserved for a ...

Lebanon's newly-elected President Joseph Aoun (C) delivers a speech at the Lebanese Parliament after being sworn in as the new president. Lebanon has been without a president since Michel Aoun ...