Mario Aoun (born 1951) is a
Lebanese physician and politician. He was a member of the
Free Patriotic Movement
The Free Patriotic Movement ( ar, التيار الوطني الحر, ) is a Lebanese political party. Founded by Michel Aoun in 2005, the party is currently led by Aoun son-in-law Gebran Bassil since 2015.
Ideology
The Free Patriotic movement ...
(FPM) led by
Michel Aoun
Michel Naim Aoun ( ar, ميشال نعيم عون ; born 30 September 1933) is a Lebanese politician and former military general who served as the President of Lebanon from 31 October 2016 until 30 October 2022.
Born in Haret Hreik to a Mar ...
. He was the minister of social affairs between 2008 and 2009.
Early life and education
Aoun was born into a
Maronite
The Maronites ( ar, الموارنة; syr, ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of the Middle East, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the larges ...
family in
Damour
Damour ( ar, الدامور) is a Lebanese Christian town that is south of Beirut. The name of the town is derived from the name of the Phoenician god Damoros who symbolized immortality ( in Arabic). Damour also remained the capital of Mount ...
in 1951.
He is a graduate of the
University of Bordeaux
The University of Bordeaux (French: ''Université de Bordeaux'') is a public university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
It has several campuses in the cities and towns of Bordeaux, Dax, Gradignan, Périgueux, Pessac, and Ta ...
and received a medical degree in
endocrinology
Endocrinology (from '' endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental event ...
and metabolic illnesses in 1982.
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Career
Aoun was the chief of service at Lebanese Hospital in Jeitawi in 2004.[ He also worked at St. Charles Hospital in 2004.][ In addition, he was FPM’s coordinator in Damour.][ Later he became the first FPM head of the Lebanese Order of Physicians on 31 May 2004. He served there until 2007. In July 2008, Aoun was appointed minister of social affairs to the ]cabinet
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Furniture
* Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers
* Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets
* Filing ...
led by Prime Minister
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Fouad Siniora
Fouad Siniora ( ar, فؤاد السنيورة, translit=Fu'ād as-Sanyūrah; born 19 July 1943) is a Lebanese politician, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon, a position he held from 19 July 2005 to 25 May 2008. He stepped down on 9 November 2009 ...
and replaced Nayla Mouawad in the post. Aoun ran for a seat from the Chouf district in the general elections
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
of 2009, but he could not win the election. Aoun's tenure as social affairs minister ended in November 2009, and he was succeeded by Salim Sayegh
Salim Sayegh is a Lebanese academic and politician who served as minister of social affairs from 2009 to 2011.
Early life and education
Sayegh was born into a Maronite family. He graduated from Lebanese American University in 1983. He received ...
in the aforementioned post.
In the 2018 elections Aoun won one of the Maronite seats in the Chouf District within the electional region of the Mount Lebanon IV
Mount Lebanon IV ( ar, دائرة جبل لبنان الرابعة) is an electoral district in Lebanon, as per the 2017 vote law. The district elects 13 members of the Lebanese National Assembly - 5 Maronites, 4 Druze, 2 Sunni, 1 Greek Catholi ...
. On 10 September 2022, he resigned from the FPM because of his clash with Gebran Bassil
Gebran Gerge Bassil ( ar, جبران جرجي باسيل; born 21 June 1970) is a Lebanese politician who is the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement since 2015. A Maronite Christian, he is the son-in-law of President Michel Aoun, and has be ...
.
References
External links
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20th-century Lebanese physicians
1951 births
Free Patriotic Movement politicians
Government ministers of Lebanon
Lebanese endocrinologists
Lebanese Maronites
Living people
People from Chouf District
University of Bordeaux alumni