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Written by General Editor
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Michel Aoun
Michel Aoun is a Christian Maronite former Lebanese army chief who has lived in exile since 1990 when Syrian-Lebanese forces crushed his rebellion.
Many supporters of the "Cedar revolution" - the protest in central Beirut calling for Syrian withdrawal - are also supporters of Aoun, who has continued to campaign against Damascus from his Paris home.
But his critics see him as a proponent of Christian supremacy in Lebanon.
He has said he will return to his homeland before elections this year, despite risking arrest for alleged offences during his period as a rebel prime minister and warlord.
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