UPDATED: Army chief Joseph Aoun elected Lebanon's president

Ahram Online , Thursday 9 Jan 2025

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

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File photo : Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun .AFP

 

 

Aoun was voted president after two rounds of voting.

Lebanon has been without a president since the end of the tenure of former President Michel Aoun in October 2022.

Negotiations over his successor were unsuccessful, reinvigorating tensions between rival camps.  

Prior to Thursday’s parliamentary sessions, there were 12 failed attempts to elect a president over the last two years.

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