(MENAFN) On Monday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun held binding consultations with ... of Political Studies in Paris (1992), a master's in law from Harvard Law School, and a doctorate in history ...

BEIRUT - President Joseph Aoun summoned jurist Nawaf Salam on Monday ... lawmakers nominated him for the post. Salam, 71, is an attorney and judge who served as Lebanon's ambassador to the ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Joseph Aoun summoned jurist Nawaf Salam on ... Salam, 71, is an attorney and judge who served as Lebanon's ambassador to the United Nations from 2007-17.

Lebanon’s newly elected President Joseph Aoun has summoned Nawaf Salam ... “He is widely respected as a judge, lawyer and diplomat.” She added: “Salam symbolises change.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged the new Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to ensure judicial independence ... HRW emphasized that Aoun needs to adopt a law on judicial independence “that meets ...

When the moment finally came, everyone lined up in front of the ballot box to elect Army Commander Joseph Aoun as president ... Any meaningful change, Aoun knows, must begin with reforming the ...

Under the Lebanese law, a presidential candidate ... In this case, Aoun garnered 99 votes in the second round, enabling his proclamation as president. The electoral process that led to electing Joseph ...

General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah, ordering it ...

Lebanon’s new president, Joseph Aoun ... criminal organization in Lebanon. Aoun said, “If we want to build a nation, we must all be under the roof of law and justice, where there will be ...

Some have argued that Joseph Aoun’s election violated the law. The Lebanese constitution bars a sitting army commander from being elected president, though the ban has been waived multiple times.