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Michel Aoun

Type: Person

Name: Michel Aoun

Title: Former Prime Minister, Army Commander,

Organization: Free Patriotic Movement

Date of Birth: 18/02/1935

Place of Birth: Haret Hraik, Lebanon

Nationality: Lebanon

Fact Sheet: Biography for Michel Aoun

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Rafiq Hariri

Public debt, economy priorities for Cabinet

Can this new Cabinet under the young Premier Saad Hariri succeed where other premiers have failed? This question has lingered in the minds of economists and financial analysts as they enthusiastically wait for the ministerial statement which will outline ... [Terranet - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Michel Aoun, Rafiq Hariri, Saad Hariri

First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 3 Documents

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanon's new test

With a new coalition government finally in place is Lebanon any closer to national reconciliation? Omayma Abdel-Latif reports from Beirut After five months of painstaking negotiation Lebanon finally has a national unity government. Disputes over the distribution ... [Al-Ahram Weekly - 11/14/2009]

Entities: Lebanon, Free Patriotic Movement (LB), Walid Jumblatt, Coalition, Michel Aoun

First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents

Call for change in Lebanon

Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun's popularity in his Mount Lebanon heartland has been the subject of much speculation in Lebanon in recent years. ... [LebWeb.com - 11/14/2009]

Entities: Lebanon, Michel Aoun

First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Campus Elections in Lebanon Mirror Societys Politics

Political passions erupted into a brawl this month at St. Joseph's University in Beirut as student council votes were tallied. BEIRUT, Lebanon For a brief moment, it looked as if civil war would break out on campus. Two clusters of excited young people ... [New York Times - 11/14/2009]

Entities: Saint Joseph, Lebanon, Hizballah, Elections, Future Movement (LB)

First Reported 11/07/2009 - Updated 11/08/2009 - 8 Documents (in Politics)

Hizballah

Analysis: Coalition agreement not withstanding, Hizbullah will continue to hold sway in Lebanon

Following statements from both government and opposition sides in Lebanon over the weekend, it now looks likely that Prime Minister-elect Saad Hariri will announce the formation of a new governing coalition in the next few days.Lebanese majority leader ... [Jerusalem Post - 11/08/2009]

Entities: Hizballah, Lebanon, Coalition, Saad Hariri

First Reported 11/07/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 10 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Hariri gears up to form new govt

BEIRUT: Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri was preparing to announce a new government on Saturday after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hizbullah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.A statement on the new government was expected within ... [The News International - 11/07/2009]

Entities: Saad Hariri, Hizballah, Lebanon, Michel Aoun, Syria

First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 10 Documents

Saad Hariri

Hariri Names New Lebanese Government After Five Week Vacuum

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri announced the formation of a new Lebanese government late Monday following weeks of bickering and a five month political vacuum since parliamentary elections. The breakthrough comes at a price, though, since Mr. Hariri ... [VOA News - 11/09/2009]

Entities: Saad Hariri, Vacuum, Lebanon, Michel Aoun

First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 4 Documents

Hariri declines to set cabinet time-table

Delay not just over portfolios – sourcesDaily Star staffListen to the Article - Powered byBEIRUT: While Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri expressed hope on Friday for the prompt formation of a cabinet, he refrained from setting any time-table for ... [Lebanon Daily Star - 10/30/2009]

Entities: Saad Hariri, Michel Aoun, Declination, Hizballah

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 2 Documents

Aoun: Sfeir 'protects corrupt individuals': Council of bishops reiterates support for maronite patriarch

The distribution of ministerial portfolios made little headway on Wednesday as cabinet discussions were halted after Tuesday's rejection of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's proposal to the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM). Meanwhile, the Council of ... [Individual.com - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Michel Aoun, Free Patriotic Movement, Saad Hariri

First Reported 10/28/2009 - Updated 10/28/2009 - 3 Documents

'Lebanese Government Will Be Formed although Late'

28/10/2009 'Nothing new regarding the formation of the cabinetâ€¦'Nothing newâ€¦ This is how the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc MP Michel Aoun summarized the cabinet crisis following his bloc's weekly meeting.Aoun, who expressed belief that the ... [Al Manar TV - 10/28/2009]

Entities: Michel Aoun, Saad Hariri, Crisis

First Reported 11/07/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 2 Documents

Reports: Lebanon's new cabinet to be formed in two days

BEIRUT, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese new cabinet will be formed in next two days as the opposition has reportedly agreed on the majority's portfolios, the local media reported on Saturday.Local newspaper the Daily Star reported on Saturday that both parliamentary ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/07/2009]

Entities: Lebanon, Michel Aoun, Michel Suleiman, Saad Hariri

First Reported 10/25/2009 - Updated 10/26/2009 - 2 Documents

Opposition restless in Beirut

Opposition lawmakers in Lebanon said they would consider a new approach if a government is not formed by the end of the week.Lebanon held parliamentary elections in June, giving Saad Hariri and his March 14 coalition a narrow victory over the opposition ... [UPI - 10/26/2009]

Entities: Beirut, Michel Aoun, Saad Hariri

Quotes

...Movement leader Michel Aoun, one of the leaders in the opposition bloc whose demands served as the main obstacles of the cabinet formation. "we turned the page to ensure a better future for lebanon and to confront all challenges" Aoun said...

Lebanon's national unity cabinet formed five months after election [People's Daily Online - 11/14/2009]

Earlier, Aoun defied those who accuse him of putting obstacles to cabinet formation saying they should bring proof. "let those who say we are impeding cabinet formation efforts to prove it" Aoun said during a dinner hosted by FPM lawyers at Le Royal hotel in Dbayeh on Sunday

Geagea Accuses Hezbollah of Hindering Cabinet Formation [Al Manar TV - 11/02/2009]

...I even thought that the cabinet will be a parliamentary majority one,' Aoun told reporters on Wednesday following his bloc's weekly meeting. "it seems like it is being formed without our knowledge" he added

Optimism Collapses as Lebanon Enters 118th Day Without Gov't [Al Manar TV - 10/25/2009]

More Content

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Public debt, economy priorities for Cabinet [Terranet - 11/19/2009]
Lebanon: A two-act tragedy in West Asia [Deccan Chronicle - 11/18/2009]
Nahhas expresses reservations over plans to pri... [Lebanon Daily Star - 11/18/2009]
Nahhas expresses reservations over plans to pri... [TMC Net - 11/18/2009]
Cabinet policy statement awaited Presidents Sle... [Monday Morning - 11/17/2009]
Lebanon's new test [Al-Ahram Weekly - 11/14/2009]
Call for change in Lebanon [Al-Ahram Weekly - 11/14/2009]
Campus Elections in Lebanon Mirror Societys Pol... [New York Times - 11/14/2009]
Call for change in Lebanon [LebWeb.com - 11/14/2009]
Lebanon's national unity cabinet formed five mo... [People's Daily Online - 11/14/2009]
Climate satirists send serious message [Lebanon Daily Star - 11/13/2009]
Public debt, economy priorities for Cabinet [Lebanon Daily Star - 11/13/2009]
Lebanon's struggle to move forward [BBC - 11/12/2009]
Made in Lebanon: not yet, but now is the best c... [Abu Dhabi National - 11/12/2009]
Lebanon’s Place in Franco-Syrian Relations [Dar Al Hayat - 11/11/2009]
Lebanon (11/5) [Council On Foreign Relations - 11/11/2009]
Sulaiman's man seals the deal in Lebanon [Gulf News - 11/11/2009]
Board Chairman of Pro-Syrian Lebanese Daily Wri... [Middle East Media Research Institute - 11/10/2009]
Hezbollah back in the Lebanon fray [Asia Times Online - 11/10/2009]
Lebanon finally has new cabinet: Pro-West figur... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/10/2009]
Will Hariri govt usher in a new era? [The Saudi Gazette - 11/10/2009]
Lebanon's national unity cabinet formed five mo... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/10/2009]
Finallyâ$¦ After 135 Tough Days, Leba... [Al Manar TV - 11/10/2009]
Hariri Names New Lebanese Government [GlobalSecurity.org - 11/10/2009]
Impasse Over, Lebanon Forms Cabinet [New York Times - 11/10/2009]
Hariri Names New Lebanese Government After Five... [VOA News - 11/09/2009]
Lebanon's Lesson: The Government is No Place fo... [Council On Foreign Relations - 11/09/2009]
Lebanon deadlock ends with new coalition [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/09/2009]
Lebanon deadlock ends with new coalition [Nine MSN - 11/09/2009]
Lebanon finally gets new government [Herald Sun - 11/09/2009]

Blogs

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Syria and Iraq and Lebanon and …. [Syria Comment - 11/18/2009] Eric Schwartz (center), US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, talks to schoolgirls during his visit at a United ...
Sharmine Narwani: Interview: Hezbollah And Hama... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/09/2009] In early August and late October, I met with Hamas' Usama Hamdan and Hezbollah's Ammar Mousawi, chiefs of their respective organizations' foreign relations ...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuff... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/06/2009] This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Like Him or Not, Karzai's the Man in Afghanistan SI Analysis: After opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah ...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuff... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 10/30/2009] This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Iran Rejects Uranium Transfer Deal SI Analysis: In a show of shrewd and bizarre diplomacy, Iran says that ...
In the Crosshairs of the Syrian-Iranian Axis [Michael J. Totten - 10/12/2009] The South Lebanon border area is what Robert D. Kaplan calls a "shatter zone," a region where government authority is either diluted or non-existent and where ...

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