Joseph Khalil Aoun is a Lebanese politician and former army general who has served as the 14th president of Lebanon since 2025. He has previously served as the commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces,
Official portrait, 2025
Aoun meeting with Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg in February 2024
Aoun meeting with Nikos Christodoulides, president of Cyprus, a day after Aoun's appointment.
Aoun along with U.S. President Donald J. Trump in the Oval office, 21 July 2026
Lebanon, officially the Lebanese Republic, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to t
Joseph Aoun
…Independent Spouse Nehmat Aoun Children 2 Education Lebanese American University (BA) Lebanese Army Military Academy Signature Military service Allegiance Lebanon Branch Lebanese Army Service years 1983–2025 Rank General Wars Lebanese Civil War Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon Joseph Khalil Aoun (born 10…
Byblos is believed to have been first occupied between 8800 and 7000 BC and continuously inhabited since 5000 BC, making it among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Fall of Tripoli to the Egyptian Mamluks and destruction of the Crusader state, the County of Tripoli, 1289
Fakhreddine II Palace, 17th century
Martyrs' Square in Beirut during celebrations marking the release by the French of Lebanon's government from Rashayya prison on 22 November 1943