The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022.

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

Lebanon's last president, Michel Aoun, left office two years ago, and the position has remained vacant since. He bears no ...

LEBANESE PRESIDENT Michel Aoun (right ... before seeing its role eclipsed by Iran and Hezbollah. Aoun, head of Lebanon's U.S.-backed army, would still need 86 votes because his election requires ...

The Mediterranean country had been without a president since the term of Michel Aoun ended in October 2022, with tensions between Hezbollah and its opponents scuppering a dozen previous votes.

a government,” Mr Michel Mouawad, a Christian lawmaker opposed to Hezbollah who voted for Gen Aoun, told Reuters. “We did get a message from Saudi of support,” he added. The Saudi King and ...

The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022. Hezbollah previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh ...

a government,” Michel Mouawad, a Christian lawmaker opposed to Hezbollah who voted for Aoun, told Reuters before the vote. “We did get a message from Saudi of support,” he added. Aoun’s ...

Hezbollah — which has been weakened politically ... It ended when former president Michel Aoun was elected. The president’s role in Lebanon is limited under the power-sharing system in which ...