Lebanese President Michel Naim Aoun (Photo: i24news)
An Interview with Yeghia Tashjian
BEIRUT, Lebanon (Armenian Weekly)—Michel Naim Aoun was elected President of Lebanon on October 31 at the 46th electoral session of the Lebanese Parliament. Lebanon had been without a head of state after President Michel Suleiman stepped down as president at the end of his term in May 2014, resulting in a deadlock as the Parliament failed to elect a successor for more than two years.
Upon Aoun’s election, Chair of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Central Committee of Lebanon and head of the Armenian Bloc of the Lebanese Parliament, Member of Parliament Hagop Pakradouni called the Lebanese presidential elections a “historic moment,â€
