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Michel Aoun

1935 - Today

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Michel Naim Aoun (Arabic: ميشال نعيم عون, Lebanese Arabic: [miˈʃæːl naˈʕiːm ʕawn]; born 30 September 1933) is a Lebanese politician and former general who served as the 13th president of Lebanon from 31 October 2016 to 30 October 2022. Born in Haret Hreik to a Maronite Christian family, Aoun joined the Military Academy in 1955 and graduated as an artillery officer in the Lebanese Army. In 1984, he became the youngest Commander of the Army, at the age of 49. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Aoun has received more than 2,193,501 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Michel Aoun is the 1,181st most popular politician (up from 1,209th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 9th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Lebanese Politician.

Michel Aoun is a Lebanese politician who was elected president of Lebanon in 1998. He is also the founder of the Free Patriotic Movement.

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  • 2.2M

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  • 73.43

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  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michel Aoun ranks 1,181 out of 19,576. Before him are Alfredo Stroessner, Hua Guofeng, Pauline Bonaparte, Ghazan, Fuxi, and Chun Doo-hwan. After him are Jiaqing Emperor, Ladislaus I of Hungary, Theodor Heuss, Artaxerxes III, Mahmud of Ghazni, and Minamoto no Yoritomo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Michel Aoun ranks 15. Before him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Kenzaburō Ōe, Donald Sutherland, Françoise Sagan, Isao Takahata, and Hussein of Jordan. After him are Arvo Pärt, Erich von Däniken, Ágota Kristóf, Julie Andrews, Omar Sívori, and Omar Bongo.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Michel Aoun ranks 8 out of 145. Before him are Khalil Gibran (1883), Ahab (-900), Porphyry (233), Keanu Reeves (1964), Dido (-879), and Ulpian (170). After him are Charbel Makhlouf (1828), Rafic Hariri (1944), Christina of Bolsena (210), Fairuz (1935), Hassan Nasrallah (1960), and Pope Constantine (664).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Michel Aoun ranks 4. Before him are Severus Alexander (208), Ahab (-900), and Dido (-879). After him are Rafic Hariri (1944), Hassan Nasrallah (1960), Najib Mikati (1955), Bachir Gemayel (1947), Émile Lahoud (1936), Amine Gemayel (1942), Pierre Gemayel (1905), and Fouad Siniora (1943).

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