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Army Chief Joseph Aoun Appointed Lebanon’s President

On Thursday, a second round of parliamentary voting elected Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun as president, filling a more than two-year void in the war-torn, crisis-stricken nation.

“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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