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Description: On 09 Jan 2025, the Lebanese Parliament elected General Joseph Aoun as their 14th President. The election ended a two-and-a-half-year vacancy in the Lebanese Presidency with plenty of political, security and socio – economical reforms waiting on implementation. Joseph Aoun had pledged to secure the country’s borders, enhance and strengthen the rule of law and reduce the Lebanese state’s untethered use of force within its ranks. Aoun’s priorities would comprise of securing the cease – fire agreement with Israel, establish continuity of government with the election of a Prime Minister, enlarge the national dialogue with Hezbollah and facilitate economic