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.

Early life and education

Aoun was born into a

Maronite Maronites (; ) are a Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant (particularly Lebanon) whose members belong to the Maronite Church. The largest concentration has traditionally re ...

family in Damour in 1951. He is a graduate of the

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and received a medical degree in

endocrinology Endocrinology (from ''endocrine system, endocrine'' + ''wikt:-logy#Suffix, -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the ...

and metabolic illnesses in 1982.

Career

Aoun was the chief of service at Lebanese Hospital in Jeitawi in 2004. He also worked at St. Charles Hospital in 2004. In addition, he was FPM’s coordinator in Damour. Later he became the first FPM head of the Lebanese Order of Physicians on 31 May 2004. He served there until 2007. In July 2008, Aoun was appointed minister of social affairs to the cabinet led by

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Fouad Siniora and replaced Nayla Mouawad in the post. Aoun ran for a seat from the Chouf district in the

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of 2009, but he could not win the election. Aoun's tenure as social affairs minister ended in November 2009, and he was succeeded by Salim Sayegh in the aforementioned post. In the 2018 elections Aoun won one of the Maronite seats in the

Chouf District Chouf (also spelled Shouf, Shuf or Chuf; ) is a historic region of Lebanon, as well as an administrative district in the governorate ( muhafazat) of Mount Lebanon. Geography Located south-east of Beirut, the region comprises a narrow coastal stri ...

within the electoral district of Mount Lebanon IV. On 10 September 2022, he resigned from the FPM because of his clash with Gebran Bassil.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aoun, Mario 20th-century Lebanese physicians 1951 births Free Patriotic Movement politicians Social affairs ministers of Lebanon Lebanese endocrinologists Lebanese Maronites Living people People from Chouf District University of Bordeaux alumni Maronite politicians