Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun has been elected as the country’s president, ending a power vacuum that lasted for more than two years.

Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy. Lebanese Army ...

The favoured choice of the US, France and Saudi Arabia, General Joseph Aoun was elected as Lebanon's new president by parliament in the second round of voting on Thursday.

Aoun, no relation to former president Michel Aoun, was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild.

Widely seen as the preferred pick of the US, as well as regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia, he is perceived ... right candidate to finally replace Michel Aoun – no relation – whose term ...

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys U.S. approval and showing the diminished sway of the ...

Aoun was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance ... to choose a successor to former President Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October ...

Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as the head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum ...

Then-president Michel Aoun, who is not related to the ... Aoun’s candidacy to fill in the vacant top seat is also supported by Saudi Arabia. Aoun was also able to navigate the military ...

The presidency, reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing system, has been vacant since Michel Aoun ... from Saudi Arabia — hinged on Aoun’s election.