After 45 failed attempts, the new Lebanese President Michel Aoun is a Maronite Christian politician

Lebanon finally has a president, after 45 failed attempts by the country’s parliament to vote and 2 1/2 years without a head of state. Michel Aoun, 81 years old, is a Maronite Christian politician, a former army chief, and an ally of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed political party and Shiite militia. He’s been eying the presidency for…