Mario Aoun

Mario Aoun
Minister of Social Affairs
In office
July 2008 – November 2009
Prime MinisterFouad Siniora
Preceded byNayla Mouawad
Succeeded bySalim Sayegh
Personal details
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Damour, Lebanon
Political partyFree Patriotic Movement (until September 2022)
Alma materUniversity of Bordeaux

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.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Meet the government". Now Lebanon. 11 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Profiles: Lebanon's new government". Lebanon Wire. 12 July 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  3. ^ Nada Raad (31 May 2004). "Mario Aoun becomes new president of Beirut Order of Physicians". The Daily Star. Beirut. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Aounist social affairs minister seeks bigger role". Wikileaks. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Elections in Lebanon" (PDF). IFES. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Lebanon's new Government" (PDF). International Foundation for Electoral Systems. 9 November 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  7. ^ "بالأرقام والصور.. هذه النتائج شبه النهائية لدائرة الشوف – عاليه" (in Arabic). Lebanon 24.
  8. ^ "Lebanon: Purge Targets Bassil's Rivals within FPM news", Asharq Al-Awsat, 10 September 2022, retrieved 26 October 2022
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Social Affairs
2008 – 2009 		Succeeded by