Général Michel Aoun – Page 37

Tannous appointed as Presidential Bureau Director, Aziz as Presidential Media Advisor, Matar as Security and Military Advisor

6 November 2016

NNA – Lebanese Presidency Director General, Dr. Antoine Shkeir, announced, on Saturday, a series of new appointments at Baabda Presidential Palace, namely: – Retired Brigadier Milad Tannous as Director of the Office of the President – Jean Aziz as Media Advisor to the President – […]

Inaugural address of his excellency General Michel Aoun President of the republic of Lebanon

4 November 2016

31/10/2016 INAUGURAL ADDRESS Of HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL MICHEL AOUN PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LEBANON OCTOBER 31, 2016 LEBANESE PARLIAMENT Your Excellency the Speaker of Parliament, Your Excellency the Prime Minister, Honorable Members of Parliament and Ministers, Honorable heads and members of the Diplomatic Corps, […]

Aoun ends second round of parliamentary consultations to name premier

4 November 2016

President of the Lebanese Republic, General Michel Aoun, on Wednesday ended the second round of the parliamentary consultations set to name a prime minister for the upcoming government at 17:30.

Aoun receives congratulatory cables from Arab, world leaders

4 November 2016

President Michel Aoun received on Wednesday more congratulatory cables from Arab and world presidents and leaders. Russian President Vladimir Putin cabled Aoun and congratulated him on assuming his new presidential post. Putin stressed that Russia “supports Lebanon and its stability”. President of the United Arab […]

Freude ,Spott und Sorge

3 November 2016

Es ist geschafft – nach fast zweieinhalb Jahren hat der Libanon wieder ein Staatsoberhaupt. Die Reaktionen reichen von grenzenloser Begeisterung bis zu großer Unsicherheit. Die chaotische Wahl wird zum Gespött. Beobachtungen, zusammengetragen von Jan Altaner, Diana Beckund Bodo Straub. Flaggen, die begeisterte Fans aus hupenden und gerne […]

Lebanon’s parliament elected former army commander Michel Aoun as president .

2 November 2016

By Zeina Karam and Philip Issa | AP October 31 BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament elected former army commander Michel Aoun as president on Monday, filling a post that had been vacant for more than two years and injecting hope that the country’s long-running political paralysis would come […]

Michel Aoun Rises to Lebanese Presidency, Ending Power Vacuum

2 November 2016

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Michel Aoun, a charismatic retired general, polarizing Christian politician and ally to Hezbollah, was chosen president of Lebanon on Monday morning, ending a two-and-a-half-year vacuum that had tested the country’s ability to function without political leadership. Mr. Aoun, 81, has developed a […]

Aoun receives felicitations from Kerry: Rapid political solution to Syrian crisis would reflect positively on Lebanon

2 November 2016

NNA – President Michel Aoun received on Tuesday evening a telephone call from US Secretary of State, John Kerry, congratulating him on his election as President of the Republic. Kerry stressed the United States’ support for Lebanon, and its commitment to assisting the Lebanese Army […]

Saudi king congratulates Aoun, stresses Kingdom’s keenness on unity among Lebanese

2 November 2016

NNA – President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, received an evening phone call from Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz who congratulated him on his election as President of the Republic, and wished him success in his new national responsibilities. The Saudi monarch confirmed […]

Aoun Receives Congratulatory Calls from Hollande, Regional Leaders

1 November 2016

President Michel Aoun received phone calls Monday from a number of heads of state who congratulated him on being elected as Lebanon’s 13th president. French President Francois Hollande expressed “France’s permanent readiness to help Lebanon in light of the historic ties that gather the two […]

Rahi congratulates Aoun over his election as president

1 November 2016

NNA – Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rahi congratulated on Monday the Lebanese on the election of a new President of the Republic, hoping that General Michel Aoun’s presidential mandate would succeed in bringing all the Lebanese together and achieving Lebanon’s uprising in its state […]

Bahraini King cables congratulatory cable to President Aoun

1 November 2016

NNA – Bahraini King Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifa congratulated, in a cable on Monday, newly elected Lebanese President Michel Aoun, on his election. “This step will contribute to anchoring security and preserving the Lebanese state institutions, as well as protecting them from foreign interventions […]