{{Short description|Lebanese politician (born 1971)}} {{Infobox person | name = Alain Aoun | native_name = آلان عون | native_name_lang = ar | image = Alain Aoun 1.jpg | caption = Alain Aoun during an episode of the Sar al Waqt (It's Time) television show in 2020 | birth_name = Alain Joseph Aoun | birth_date = 1971 | birth_place = [[Lebanon]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | political_party = [[Free Patriotic Movement]] (until 2024)<br>[[Independent politician|Independent]] (2024-present) | other_names = | occupation = Politician, Member of the Lebanese Parliament, Engineer, Finance, MBA | years_active = 1994–present | spouse = Sarah Souhaid | children = 3 | education = [[ESCP Business School]],<ref name="birth year" /><ref name="birth year2" /> [[École supérieure des affaires (Beirut)]]<ref name="birth year" /><ref name="birth year2" /> | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Alain Joseph Aoun'''<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-05-28 |title=Main candidates registered for elections |url=https://www.mtv.com.lb/en/news/articles/205806/main-candidates-registered-for-elections |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105123045/https://www.mtv.com.lb/en/news/articles/205806/main-candidates-registered-for-elections |archive-date=2023-01-05 |access-date=2026-04-20 |work=[[MTV Lebanon]] |language=en}}</ref> ({{langx|ar|آلان جوزيف عون}}; born 1971)<ref name="birth year">{{Cite web |title=آلان عون |url=https://aliqtisadi.com/%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419103015/https://aliqtisadi.com/%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86/ |archive-date=2021-04-19 |access-date=2021-04-19}}</ref><ref name="birth year2">{{Cite news |title=استمرار التعاطي القائم مع المسيحيين سيوصل إلى قناعة متزايدة بالفيديرالية |url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/588357/%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A3%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AD |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419103015/https://www.alraimedia.com/article/588357/%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A3%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AD |archive-date=2021-04-19 |access-date=2021-04-19}}</ref> is a Lebanese politician and former member of the [[Strong Lebanon]] bloc in the [[Parliament of Lebanon|Lebanese parliament]].

He is a [[telecom engineer]] and holder of an MBA and a MSc in finance, and a nephew of Lebanese President [[Michel Aoun]]. He has been part of the [[Free Patriotic Movement]] since its creation.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Alain Aoun |url=http://med2017.test/speakers/alain-aoun/ |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Rome MED 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> He was elected [[Maronites|Maronite]] Member of Parliament for the constituency of [[Baabda]] [[List of members of the 2009–2017 Lebanese Parliament|on 7 June 2009]], on the Change and Reform list. He was re-elected on 6 May 2018 for a third term. On 20 May 2018, he was elected by the general assembly as Secretary of the Lebanese Parliament.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/91485/|title=MPs Alain Aoun, Marwan Hamade elected Parliament secretaries|website=[[National News Agency]]|access-date=2020-11-11|archive-date=2020-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116233553/http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/91485/|url-status=dead|date=2018-05-23}}</ref>

==Biography== After a professional career spent mainly within the [[Alcatel Mobile|Alcatel]] group where he held several positions (tendering, construction of telecommunication fixed/mobile networks) in [[France]] and abroad, he devoted himself entirely to politics. His political career began when he joined the FPM from its creation when General Michel Aoun then head of government (1988–1990) launched the [[War of Liberation (1989–1990)|War of Liberation]] against the [[Syrian occupation of Lebanon]]. After General Aoun's exile in France, Alain Aoun co-founded the Rassemblement pour le Liban (RPL), the official representative of the FPM in France, where he was established. Within the RPL in France and then the FPM in Lebanon, Alain Aoun held several positions of responsibility and took part in all the activities of the FPM in its struggle for the liberation of Lebanon from the Syrian occupation. He has been arrested several times for political reasons. Back in Lebanon, he took part within the FPM in the [[Cedar Revolution]] in 2005 which led to the withdrawal of [[Syrian forces]] from Lebanon as well as the return of General Michel Aoun to the country after 15 years of exile. He published various writings and articles in the press around the events in Lebanon.<ref name="auto"/>

On 7 June 2009, he stood for the legislative elections and was elected Maronite deputy for the constituency of [[Baabda District|Baabda]], on the list of the [[Change and Reform bloc]]. On 17 August 2015, Foreign Minister [[Gebran Bassil]] was chosen by Michel Aoun as the new leader of the Free Patriotic Movement. No elections were done because it could have possibly led to fracturing the party, and so Alain Aoun stepped down from the candidacy in order for Bassil to be assigned as the new leader. Alain expressed dismay at this electoral process. He was re-elected on 6 May 2018 for a third term. On 20 May 2018, he was elected by the general assembly, secretary of the Lebanese Parliament.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/187926|title=Bassil Heads FPM as Alain Aoun Expresses Dismay in Electoral Process|date=November 10, 2020|website=[[Naharnet]]|access-date=November 11, 2020|archive-date=December 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215174054/http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/187926|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 20 October 2020, he was re-elected as secretary of the parliament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1237298/parliament-re-elects-alain-aoun-as-secretary-while-mps-hagop-pakradounian-samir-jisr-and-michel-musa-retain-their-posts-as-commissioners.html|title=Parliament re-elects Alain Aoun as secretary, while MPs Hagop Pakradounian, Samir Jisr and Michel Musa retain their posts as commissioners|date=October 20, 2020|website=L'Orient Today|access-date=November 11, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116104610/https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1237298/parliament-re-elects-alain-aoun-as-secretary-while-mps-hagop-pakradounian-samir-jisr-and-michel-musa-retain-their-posts-as-commissioners.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2024, Alain Aoun left FPM after a dispute with the party leader over his lack of alignments with the parliamentary bloc, like refusing to vote for [[Jihad Azour]] in the [[2022–2025 Lebanese presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1422495/free-patriotic-movement-dismisses-alain-aoun.html | title= Free Patriotic Movement dismisses Alain Aoun | date= 2 August 2024 | publisher= L'Orient-Le Jour | archive-date= 21 August 2024 | access-date= 29 September 2025 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240821122701/https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1422495/free-patriotic-movement-dismisses-alain-aoun.html | url-status= live }}</ref>

==Personal life== Aoun is married to Sarah Souhaid with whom he has three kids.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/671291/Quelqu%27un_m%27a_dit....html|title= Quelqu'un m'a dit...|date=September 14, 2010|website=[[L'Orient–Le Jour]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tayyar.org/News/Lebanon/322052|title=بالصورة - مبروك للنائب الان عون|date=December 19, 2019|website=Free Patriotic Movement|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-date=December 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219175427/https://www.tayyar.org/News/Lebanon/322052/|url-status=live}}</ref> His father, Joseph, died on 14 March 2018. His uncle is [[Michel Aoun]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/333558/nna-leb.gov.lb/nna-leb.gov.lb/fr|title=رئيس الجمهورية والعائلة يتقبلون التعازي بجوزف عون في مار جرجس|date=March 15, 2018|website=National News Agency|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115065748/http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/333558/nna-leb.gov.lb/nna-leb.gov.lb/fr|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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