BEIRUT: On Thursday, lawmakers chose Gen. Joseph Aoun, 61, the head of the Lebanese Armed Forces, to be the nation’s fourteenth president. After a 26-month impasse over the position, Aoun won 99 votes and was given the Presidential Palace for six years. Before giving his inaugural address, the military leader was sworn in front of deputies.
After the election, people all around Lebanon, particularly in Aoun’s hometown of Al-Aichieyh in the south, lit fireworks, ululated, killed sheep, and did dabke dances.
Aoun’s transition from military service began in 1983 when he joined for the Army as an officer cadet and subsequently enrolled in the Military College. He first appeared in Parliament in a civil dispute. On March 8, 2018, he assumed command of the Armed Forces. He now takes on the civil responsibility of governing a nation beset by a worsening economic crisis and Israeli assault against Hezbollah.
Let the world know that starting today, a new stage of Lebanon’s history begins, and I will be the first servant of the country, upholding the national pact and practicing the full powers of the presidency as an impartial mediator between institutions,” he said, underscoring the need to “change the political performance in Lebanon.
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