Lebanon's MPs have elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president after a two-year vacancy in the position, in a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial crisis.

Lebanon’s lawmakers elected on Thursday army chief Joseph Aoun as president after a two-year vacancy of the position, in a step towards lifting the wa...

BEIRUT: Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday (Jan 9), ending a more than two-year vacancy in a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial crisis. Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday, arrived in parliament to take the oath of office to general applause

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Lebanon's newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, said Thursday that "a new phase" has started for the war-ravaged country and pledged to rebuild the state, adopt a policy of "positive neutrality" and fight corruption.

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.

Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun, frontrunner for president, is a political neophyte with strong international backing and integrity.

The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to former president Michel Aoun.

It’s had 12 failed attempts over 2 years

Joseph Aoun’s election fills a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum and comes at a time when the country is seeking international assistance for reconstruction

Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun was voted in as president in a second round of parliamentary voting Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the crisis-hit, war-battered country. French President…

The Lebanese parliament has finally elected a new president. Since 2022 there has been no head of state in the country and this political vacuum has signifigantly impacted the nation, not only politically and economically, but also in regard to the escalating conflicts in the region. Joseph Aoun managed to win enough votes in the second round of voting this afternoon. He said a new era has begun for Lebanon. Solange Mougin has more on who Joseph Aoun is.

Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun failed to garner the two-thirds majority to become president in the first round of a parliamentary vote for the much-needed head of state. FRANCE 24's correspondent Rawad Tahar tells us more.

As the country endured economic crisis and a devastating war, lawmakers failed 12 times to pick a head of state. They have now settled on Joseph Aoun, the leader of the military.

Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a 60-year-old career soldier who kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and armed group Hezbollah,…

Lebanon's parliament on Thursday looked set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun as the country's new president after a Hezbollah-backed candidate withdrew from the race, ending more than two years of political deadlock. FRANCE 24's Rawad Taha reports from Beirut.

The crisis-battered Mediterranean country has been without a president for more than two years.

The first item of business for the new president will be to nominate a candidate for prime minister capable of forming a new cabinet.

The 128 lebanese lawmakers could elect army chief Joseph Aoun as president Thursday after more than two years of deadlock, in a much-needed step to help lift the war-battered country out of financial crisis.FRANCE 24's journalist Shirli Sitbon has more.

Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's new president, was elected after a two-year vacancy. He was favored by the US and Saudi Arabia, signaling a shift from Hezbollah's influence.

Despite pressure by the United States and others to elect a president in order to receive financial support, a consensus candidate has yet to emerge who can clearly end Lebanon’s political gridlock.

Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun on Thursday fell short of the two-thirds majority to become president in the first round of a parliamentary vote.

Lebanon's parliament to elect President after 2-year vacuum, with army commander Joseph Aoun as leading candidate.

Lebanon’s parliament has convened to elect a president to fill a vacuum that's lasted more than two years.

Aoun was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need to ensure that Israel withdraws its forces from southern Lebanon as stipulated in the agreement and to fund the post-war rebuilding.

Lebanon has elected a president following a two-year deadlock and power vacuum, signalling a weakened Hezbollah.

Lebanese parliament convened Thursday to make yet another effort to elect a president, filling a vacuum that's lasted for more than two years. FRANCE 24's correspondent, Rawad Taha has more.