Joseph Aoun
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1953
- Works
- 7
Top works
- The syntax of Arabic
- Essays on the representational and derivational nature of grammar
- Theoretical issues in the grammar of Semitic languages
- Robot-proof
- Generalized binding
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5 total works indexed
- You Only Look Once: Unified, Real-Time Object Detection
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- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,528x
- Naturalistic inquiry
· 1985 · cited 33,106x
- When to use and how to report the results of PLS-SEM
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- CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON PHYLOGENIES: AN APPROACH USING THE BOOTSTRAP
· 1985 · cited 19,516x
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Najib Mikati Nawaf Salam
- Preceded by
- Michel Aoun , Najib Mikati (acting)
- President
- Michel Aoun, Najib Mikati (acting)
- Succeeded by
- Hassan Audi (acting), Rodolphe Haykal
- Born
- Joseph Khalil Aoun , ( 1964-01-10 ) 10 January 1964 (age 62) , Sin el Fil , Mount Lebanon , Lebanon
- Party
- Independent
- Spouse
- Nehmat Aoun
- Education
- Lebanese American University ( BA ), Lebanese Army Military Academy
- Allegiance
- Lebanon
- Branch
- Lebanese Army
- Service years
- 1983–2025
- Rank
- General
- Wars
Key dates
- Born
- 10 January 1964
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Lebanon
- Place of birth
- Sin el Fil
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- President of Lebanon
- Educated at
- Lebanese American University
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Maronite Church
Article
Joseph Khalil Aoun (born 10 January 1964) 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, and is the fifth president with a military background.
Born to a Maronite Christian family in the Beirut suburb of Sin el Fil, Aoun enrolled in the Lebanese American University where he got a bachelor's degree in political science and also another degree in military science from the Lebanese Army Military Academy. In 1983, Aoun joined the Lebanese Armed Forces and mainly received military training abroad in Syria and the United States, where he underwent counter-terrorism in 2008, and also in 2013 in Lebanon. In 1990, Aoun served in the Lebanese Commando Regiment in the Lebanese Armed Forces and participated in the War of Elimination where he fought for Michel Aoun (no relation). The commander of the unit, Bassam Gergi, was killed, and thus Aoun took over and became the commander.
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