Explainer: Four contenders vying to become Lebanon's next president - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Analysis

Adam Lucente

Adam Lucente

Mar 9, 2023

Lebanese security forces stand guard outside the parliament building in downtown Beirut as members of parliament gather to elect the new Lebanese president on April 23, 2014. Lebanon's parliament failed to elect a new president, with no candidate securing the two-thirds of the vote needed to win and many lawmakers leaving their ballots blank. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images) — Lebanese security forces stand guard outside the parliament building in downtown Beirut. Lebanon's parliament failed to elect a new president, with no candidate securing the two-thirds of the vote needed to win and many lawmakers leaving their ballots blank. — JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images

Lebanon's parliament: lawmakers failed on Thursday to elect a president for a fourth time, with a week to go before the current president's term ends

Crisis-hit Lebanon faces power vacuum without president

Agence France-Presse

Lebanese President Michel Aoun's mandate expires at the end of this month

Crisis-hit Lebanon drifts towards extended power vacuum

Agence France-Presse

Supporters of Lebanon's President Michel Aoun cheer under a large national flag, as he prepares to leave the presidential palace in Babbda at the end of his mandate, east of the capital Beirut, on October 30, 2022. - Already reeling from three years of economic meltdown, Lebanon faces the prospect of its multi-faceted crisis deepening further when President Michel Aoun's mandate expires. (Photo by anwar amro / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

In Lebanon, Hezbollah’s alliance with Christian FPM movement shows cracks

Adnan Nasser

In Beirut, reporting on Lebanon

Jihad Azour, director of the Middle East and Central Asia at the International Monetary Fund, gives an interview at Dubai's International Financial Center, on May 1, 2018, in Dubai.

Meet Lebanon's Jihad Azour, Christian opposition candidate for president

Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict