Army commander’s election increases confidence that ceasefire with Israel will holdLebanon’s parliament has elected the army commander Joseph Aoun as the country’s new president, ending a more than two-year vacancy and increasing confidence that a ceasefire with Israel will hold.Aoun received 99 out of 128 votes in the 13th attempt by a deeply divided parliament to elect a new head of state after the departure of the former president Michel Aoun, who is no relation, in October 2022. Aoun was the favoured candidate of international powers such as Saudi Arabia, France and the US, which enjoyed good relations with him in his role as head of Lebanon’s armed forces.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/09/lebanon-elects-joseph-aoun-as-president-after-two-year-vacancy
Author : William Christou in Beirut
Publish date : 2025-01-09 16:45:50
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Lebanon elects Joseph Aoun as president after two-year vacancy
