Army chief elected Lebanon's president after years of deadlock
Joseph Aoun wore a suit and tie, rather than his army uniform, when he arrived at parliament to be sworn in/ Lebanon's parliament has elected the country's army chief as president, ending a power vacuum that has lasted more than two years. Joseph Aoun's candidacy for the mainly ceremonial role - which is reserved for a Maronite Christian under a sectarian power-sharing system - was backed by several key political parties, as well as the US, France and Saudi Arabia. A rival preferred by Hezbollah, the powerful Shia Muslim militia and ...
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