Mario Aoun Explained

Office:Minister of Social Affairs
Primeminister:Fouad Siniora
Predecessor:Nayla Mouawad
Successor:Salim Sayegh
Term Start:July 2008
Term End:November 2009
Birth Place:Damour, Lebanon
Party:Free Patriotic Movement (until September 2022)
Alma Mater:University of Bordeaux
Nationality:Lebanese

Mario Aoun (born 1951) is a Lebanese physician and politician. He was a member of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) led by Michel Aoun. He was the minister of social affairs between 2008 and 2009.

Early life and education

Aoun was born into a Maronite family in Damour in 1951.[1] [2] He is a graduate of the University of Bordeaux and received a medical degree in endocrinology and metabolic illnesses in 1982.[1]

Career

Aoun was the chief of service at Lebanese Hospital in Jeitawi in 2004.[1] He also worked at St. Charles Hospital in 2004.[1] In addition, he was FPM’s coordinator in Damour.[1] Later he became the first FPM head of the Lebanese Order of Physicians on 31 May 2004.[3] He served there until 2007. In July 2008, Aoun was appointed minister of social affairs to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and replaced Nayla Mouawad in the post.[4] Aoun ran for a seat from the Chouf district in the general elections of 2009, but he could not win the election.[5] Aoun's tenure as social affairs minister ended in November 2009, and he was succeeded by Salim Sayegh in the aforementioned post.[6]

In the 2018 elections Aoun won one of the Maronite seats in the Chouf District within the electoral district of Mount Lebanon IV.[7] On 10 September 2022, he resigned from the FPM because of his clash with Gebran Bassil.

Notes and References

  1. News: Meet the government. dead. 5 October 2013. Now Lebanon. https://web.archive.org/web/20131005013420/https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowspecials/meet_the_government. 18 March 2013. 11 July 2008.
  2. News: Profiles: Lebanon's new government. 4 April 2013. Lebanon Wire. 12 July 2008. dead. 11 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130511134105/http://www.lebanonwire.com/0807MLN/08071201LW.asp.
  3. News: Nada Raad. Mario Aoun becomes new president of Beirut Order of Physicians. 18 March 2013. The Daily Star. 31 May 2004. Beirut.
  4. Web site: Aounist social affairs minister seeks bigger role. 18 March 2013. Wikileaks. 25 August 2008.
  5. Web site: Elections in Lebanon. IFES. 22 March 2013.
  6. Web site: Lebanon's new Government. International Foundation for Electoral Systems. 18 March 2013. 9 November 2009. dead. 2 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130902195907/http://www.ifes.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Papers/2009/1572/Lebanons_new_government.pdf.
  7. Web site: بالأرقام والصور.. هذه النتائج شبه النهائية لدائرة الشوف – عاليه . Lebanon 24. ar.