**Joseph Aoun was elected Lebanon’s 14th president on January 9, 2025, securing 99 parliamentary votes in the second round after a prolonged vacancy.** His six-year term, which cannot be renewed consecutively, runs through early 2031 under Lebanon’s confessional system. As of late August 2026, Aoun remains fully engaged in office, conducting high-level diplomacy including a July White House meeting with President Trump to advance a U.S.-brokered framework agreement on Hezbollah disarmament, Israeli withdrawals from southern Lebanon, and Lebanese Army deployment. He has also held talks with Pope Leo XIV and continues to emphasize negotiations over escalation while supporting international forces in the south. Ongoing challenges, including stalled Israel-Lebanon talks, Hezbollah’s weapons, and southern border tensions, have not produced credible moves toward early removal, resignation, or constitutional challenges. Parliament and key factions backed his election and subsequent government formation, and no major domestic or external actors have signaled an effort to oust him before year-end. Traders’ strong consensus on “No” (92.5%) aligns with the structural stability of his mandate and the absence of near-term catalysts for departure.