# Mario Aoun

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{{Short description|Lebanese physician and politician (born 1951)}}
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| office         = Minister of Social Affairs
| prime_minister = [Fouad Siniora](/source/Fouad_Siniora)
| predecessor    = [Nayla Mouawad](/source/Nayla_Mouawad)
| successor      = [Salim Sayegh](/source/Salim_Sayegh)
| term_start     = July 2008
| term_end       = November 2009
| birth_date     = {{birth year and age|1951}}
| birth_place    = [Damour](/source/Damour), [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon)
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| party          = [Free Patriotic Movement](/source/Free_Patriotic_Movement) (until September 2022)
| alma_mater     = [University of Bordeaux](/source/University_of_Bordeaux)
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'''Mario Aoun''' (born 1951) is a [Lebanese](/source/Lebanese_people) physician and politician. He was a member of the [Free Patriotic Movement](/source/Free_Patriotic_Movement) (FPM) led by [Michel Aoun](/source/Michel_Aoun). He was the minister of social affairs between 2008 and 2009.

==Early life and education==
Aoun was born into a [Maronite](/source/Maronite_Christianity_in_Lebanon) family in [Damour](/source/Damour) in 1951.<ref name=now11jul>{{cite news|title=Meet the government|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowspecials/meet_the_government|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 October 2013|work=Now Lebanon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005013420/https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowspecials/meet_the_government|access-date=18 March 2013|date=11 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Profiles: Lebanon's new government|url=http://www.lebanonwire.com/0807MLN/08071201LW.asp|access-date=4 April 2013|work=Lebanon Wire|date=12 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511134105/http://www.lebanonwire.com/0807MLN/08071201LW.asp}}</ref> He is a graduate of the [University of Bordeaux](/source/University_of_Bordeaux) and received a medical degree in [endocrinology](/source/endocrinology) and metabolic illnesses in 1982.<ref name=now11jul/>

==Career==
Aoun was the chief of service at Lebanese Hospital in Jeitawi in 2004.<ref name=now11jul/> He also worked at St. Charles Hospital in 2004.<ref name=now11jul/> In addition, he was FPM's coordinator in Damour.<ref name=now11jul/> Later he became the first FPM head of the Lebanese Order of Physicians on 31 May 2004.<ref>{{cite news|author=Nada Raad|title=Mario Aoun becomes new president of Beirut Order of Physicians
|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/May/31/Mario-Aoun-becomes-new-president-of-Beirut-Order-of-Physicians.ashx#axzz2NuyCwpzo|access-date=18 March 2013|newspaper=[The Daily Star](/source/The_Daily_Star_(Lebanon))|date=31 May 2004|location=Beirut}}</ref> He served there until 2007. In July 2008, Aoun was appointed minister of social affairs to the [cabinet](/source/Lebanese_government_of_July_2008) led by [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Lebanon) [Fouad Siniora](/source/Fouad_Siniora) and replaced [Nayla Mouawad](/source/Nayla_Mouawad) in the post.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aounist social affairs minister seeks bigger role|url=https://github.com/alx/cablegate/blob/master/origin/Embassy%20Beirut/08BEIRUT1247.txt|access-date=18 March 2013
|publisher=Wikileaks|date=25 August 2008}}</ref> Aoun ran for a seat from the Chouf district in the [general elections](/source/Lebanese_General_Elections_2009) of 2009, but he could not win the election.<ref name=ifes>{{cite web|title=Elections in Lebanon|work=IFES|access-date=22 March 2013
|url=http://qifanabki.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/ifes-lebanon-electoral-districts-2011.pdf}}</ref> Aoun's tenure as social affairs minister ended in November 2009, and he was succeeded by [Salim Sayegh](/source/Salim_Sayegh) in the aforementioned post.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lebanon's new Government
|work=International Foundation for Electoral Systems|access-date=18 March 2013|date=9 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 September 2013
|url=http://www.ifes.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Papers/2009/1572/Lebanons_new_government.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902195907/http://www.ifes.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Papers/2009/1572/Lebanons_new_government.pdf}}</ref>

In the [2018 elections](/source/2018_Lebanese_general_election) Aoun won one of the Maronite seats in the [Chouf District](/source/Chouf_District) within the electoral district of [Mount Lebanon IV](/source/Mount_Lebanon_IV).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lebanon24.com/news/470701|title=بالأرقام والصور.. هذه النتائج شبه النهائية لدائرة الشوف – عاليه |publisher=Lebanon 24|language=ar}}</ref> On 10 September 2022, he resigned from the FPM because of his clash with [Gebran Bassil](/source/Gebran_Bassil).<ref>{{Citation|title=Lebanon: Purge Targets Bassil's Rivals within FPM news|date=10 September 2022|access-date=26 October 2022
|url=https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3866021/lebanon-purge-targets-bassil%E2%80%99s-rivals-within-fpm|newspaper=[Asharq Al-Awsat](/source/Asharq_Al-Awsat)}}</ref>

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Category:1951 births
Category:20th-century Lebanese medical doctors
Category:Free Patriotic Movement politicians
Category:Lebanese endocrinologists
Category:Lebanese Maronite politicians
Category:Living people
Category:People from Chouf District
Category:Social affairs ministers of Lebanon
Category:University of Bordeaux alumni

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