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LB flag Lebanon Head of state

Michel Aoun

ميشال عون
Head of state Inactive Unverified

President of Lebanon 2016-2022. Founded the Free Patriotic Movement after returning from exile in 2005; oversaw the formal Hezbollah-FPM Mar Mikhael alliance.

Country
Lebanon
Party
Free Patriotic Movement
Role
Head of state
Status
Historical figure

Individual position

Scored from Michel Aoun's own documents rather than inherited from a party — capturing where this figure diverges from the party line. The overlay shows Free Patriotic Movement's profile for comparison. Provisional, document-grounded estimate; see methodology.

Michel Aoun's spider profile vs. Free Patriotic Movement
Economic → Market Social → Libertarian State & religion → Secular state Liberal democracy → Strong commitment West alignment → Pro-Western Regional stance → Stability/normalization Palestinian question → Pro-Palestinian rights Civil liberties → Expand Regime stance → pro-regime Pan-Arab vs particularist → pan-Arab Centralism vs federalism → federalist Traditionalism vs modernization → modernizing Gender equality → Gender equality Iran posture → Pro-Iran / aligned Press freedom → Free press Sectarian power-sharing → Post-sectarian / civic state
Michel Aoun Free Patriotic Movement
Axis scores
Economic —
Social —
State & religion —
Liberal democracy +4.0
West alignment —
Regional stance -3.0
Palestinian question —
Civil liberties —
Regime stance —
Pan-Arab vs particularist —
Centralism vs federalism —
Traditionalism vs modernization —
Gender equality —
Iran posture —
Press freedom —
Sectarian power-sharing -3.0

Briefs about Free Patriotic Movement

Hand-written political-science mini-papers comparing Free Patriotic Movement to other parties. 2 briefs on file.

Other politicians in Free Patriotic Movement

Politicians who share this party affiliation. Active in-government figures appear first; historical figures (dimmed) at the end. All affiliated →

Source documents

Texts tied to this politician — speeches, interviews, op-eds. The scoring pipeline reads these when scoring positions against documents. All documents →

How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default 
Gara, T. (2026). Michel Aoun [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/michel-aoun
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals 
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Michel Aoun." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/michel-aoun.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers 
@misc{tayyar-michel-aoun,
  title     = {{Michel Aoun}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Politician profile},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/michel-aoun},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint 
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint 
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.