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| Lebanon: Michel Aoun elected president after long vacuum | |
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| Lebanon's parliament has elected Michel Aoun as president, ending a political stand-off that has left the post empty for more than two years. | |
| The Maronite Christian former general secured a majority when MPs met on Monday for their 46th attempt to choose a head of state. | |
| Mr Aoun is backed by the powerful Shia Islamist group, Hezbollah. | Mr Aoun is backed by the powerful Shia Islamist group, Hezbollah. |
| His candidacy was blocked by the rival, Sunni-dominated Future Movement until a deal was struck earlier this month. | His candidacy was blocked by the rival, Sunni-dominated Future Movement until a deal was struck earlier this month. |
| It will reportedly see the Future Movement's leader, Saad Hariri, become prime minister. | It will reportedly see the Future Movement's leader, Saad Hariri, become prime minister. |
| The stalemate has paralysed Lebanon's government, which is also struggling to deal with deep divisions over the five-year civil war in neighbouring Syria and the arrival of more than one million refugees. | The stalemate has paralysed Lebanon's government, which is also struggling to deal with deep divisions over the five-year civil war in neighbouring Syria and the arrival of more than one million refugees. |