9th January 2025
In this picture taken on December 16, 2024, Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun walks towards the Grand Serail in Beirut. – Aoun, 60, is widely seen as the frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election, with backers of his candidacy saying he might be the man to oversee the rapid deployment of the military in south Lebanon. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
Lebanese army chief, Joseph Aoun, was voted in as president in a second round of parliamentary voting on Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the crisis-hit, war-battered country.
“The speaker announces that the president is Joseph Aoun,” speaker Nabih Berri said, reporting that Aoun received 99 out of 128 votes after failing to get a required majority in a first round earlier in the day, and after a source close to Hezbollah and ally Amal said representatives of the blocs met with Aoun after the first round.
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