BEIRUT: Lebanese lawmakers elected military chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday (Jan 9), ending a greater than two-year emptiness in a step in direction of lifting the war-battered nation out of economic disaster.
Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday, arrived in parliament to take the oath of workplace to common applause, carrying a darkish go well with and blue tie as an alternative of his traditional army uniform.
“At present, a brand new section in Lebanon’s historical past begins,” he advised the chamber.
Aoun faces the daunting duties of overseeing a ceasefire in south Lebanon and naming a main minister able to implementing the reforms demanded by worldwide collectors in return for a desperately wanted monetary bailout.
He stated he would name for parliamentary consultations as quickly as attainable on naming a brand new prime minister.
