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.

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 ...

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.

For more than two years Beirut’s deadlocked politicians had failed to pick a replacement for Michel Aoun, whose term as president ended in October 2022. Now, a favorite of America, France, and Saudi ...