Lebanon's army chief, Joseph Aoun, was elected president, in the second round of the presidential vote held yesterday. Aoun, 60, obtained 99 votes in the second round of the electoral session, which was attended by 128 members of parliament.

Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is no-nonsense, kind and averse to affiliating himself with any party or even expressing a political opinion — a rarity for someone in Lebanon’s fractured,

Following 13 attempts to elect a president, Lebanon’s parliament has sworn in army commander Joseph Aoun as the head of state. Mr. Aoun is the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia.