Mario Aoun | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Social Affairs | |
| In office July 2008 –November 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Fouad Siniora |
| Preceded by | Nayla Mouawad |
| Succeeded by | Salim Sayegh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 73–74) |
| Political party | Free Patriotic Movement (until September 2022) |
| Alma mater | University of Bordeaux |
Mario Aoun (born 1951) is a Lebanese physician and politician. He was a member of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) led by Michel Aoun. He was the minister of social affairs between 2008 and 2009.
Aoun was born into a Maronite family in Damour in 1951. [1] [2] He is a graduate of the University of Bordeaux and received a medical degree in endocrinology and metabolic illnesses in 1982. [1]
Aoun was the chief of service at Lebanese Hospital in Jeitawi in 2004. [1] He also worked at St. Charles Hospital in 2004. [1] In addition,he was FPM’s coordinator in Damour. [1] Later he became the first FPM head of the Lebanese Order of Physicians on 31 May 2004. [3] He served there until 2007. In July 2008,Aoun was appointed minister of social affairs to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and replaced Nayla Mouawad in the post. [4] Aoun ran for a seat from the Chouf district in the general elections of 2009,but he could not win the election. [5] Aoun's tenure as social affairs minister ended in November 2009,and he was succeeded by Salim Sayegh in the aforementioned post. [6]
In the 2018 elections Aoun won one of the Maronite seats in the Chouf District within the electoral district of Mount Lebanon IV. [7] On 10 September 2022,he resigned from the FPM because of his clash with Gebran Bassil. [8]