Take Back Parliament – Lebanon (Arabic: إسترجعوا البرلمان), (TBP – Lebanon) is a political movement launched by several Lebanese activists who met through...
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political power in Lebanon shifted dramatically, with the Free Patriotic Movement leading in the number of seats in the Parliament and the Future Movement...
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party and former militia during the Lebanese Civil War. It currently holds 19 of the 128 seats in Lebanon's parliament, being the largest party of the country...
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while Parliament was unable to nominate a candidate with enough votes to succeed him and so the position has been vacant since. The first Lebanese constitution...
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On 1 October 2024, Israel invaded Southern Lebanon in an escalation of the ongoing Israel–Hezbollah conflict, a spillover of the Israel–Hamas war. It...
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and parliament choose the prime minister. Political parties may be formed. Most are based on sectarian interests. 2008 saw a new twist to Lebanese politics...
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Lebanon (/ˈlɛbənɒn, -nən/ LEB-ə-non, -nən; Arabic: لُبْنَان, romanized: Lubnān, local pronunciation: [lɪbˈneːn]), officially the Republic of Lebanon...
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Kataeb Party (redirect from Phalangist Party (Lebanon))
currently part of the Lebanese opposition. The party currently holds 4 out of the 128 seats in the Lebanese Parliament. The Lebanese Phalanges Party is also...
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Under Article 49 of the Lebanese Constitution, a qualified majority of two-thirds of the members of the Lebanese Parliament is required to elect the...
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leaders of Lebanon, Shiites are the only sect eligible for the post of Speaker of Parliament. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Lebanese people...
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of the Vichy French forces, left Lebanon in 1946. The Maronites assumed power over Lebanon and economy. A parliament was created in which both Muslims...
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Hezbollah (redirect from Hezbollah (Lebanon))
political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. Its armed strength was assessed to be equivalent to that of a medium-sized...
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The history of Lebanon covers the history of the modern Republic of Lebanon and the earlier emergence of Greater Lebanon under the French Mandate for...
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Amal Movement (redirect from Hope (Lebanon))
lit. 'Hope Movement') is a Lebanese political party and former militia affiliated mainly with the Shia community of Lebanon. It was founded by Musa al-Sadr...
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The Lebanese Communist Party (LCP; Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي اللبناني, transliterated: al-Ḥizb al-šuyūʿī al-lubnānī) is a communist party in Lebanon. It was...
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National Pact (redirect from National Pact (Lebanon))
the Lebanese Armed Forces always be Maronite Catholic. The Prime Minister of the Republic always be a Sunni Muslim. The Speaker of the Parliament always...
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May 17 Agreement (redirect from Israel-Lebanon peace treaty)
Party. Some Lebanese backed President Amin Gemayel, arguing that its close relations to the US could help create peace and restore Lebanese sovereignty...
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Michel Aoun (category Members of the Parliament of Lebanon)
Members of the 2005–2009 Lebanese Parliament Members of the 2009–2013 Lebanese Parliament History of Lebanon#Republic of Lebanon Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)...
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security situation in Lebanon. The ARF (Tashnag), along with most other Armenian groups, refused to take sides between the warring Lebanese factions or to play...
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The Lebanese Forces (Arabic: القوات اللبنانية, romanized: al-Quwwāt al-Lubnāniyya) was the main Lebanese Christian faction during the Lebanese Civil War...
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Hassan Nasrallah (category Lebanese Islamists)
Iranian supreme leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, and also Abbas Musawi. Back in Lebanon, Nasrallah studied and taught at the school of Amal's leader Abbas...
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17 October Revolution (redirect from Lebanese October Revolution)
October revolution'), were a series of civil protests in Lebanon that began after the Lebanese cabinet announced financial measures on 17 October 2019...
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Amine Gemayel (category Members of the Parliament of Lebanon)
youngest president to take office. Gemayel re-organized the Lebanese Army, receiving support from the Multinational Force in Lebanon and despite fierce internal...
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Beirut (redirect from Beirut, Lebanon)
bay-ROOT; Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2014[update], Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which...
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jurisdiction of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon provisional administration, which succeeded the earlier Israeli-backed Free Lebanon State. Israel officially...
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Tyre, in Lebanon, is one of the oldest cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for over 4,700 years. Situated in the Levant on the coast...
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Progressive Socialist Party (redirect from Progressive Socialist Party (Lebanon))
in parliament. Under Kamal Jumblatt's leadership, the PSP was a major element in the Lebanese National Movement (LNM), which supported Lebanon's Arab...
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Suleiman Frangieh (category Presidents of Lebanon)
Frangieh was district governor of Ehden (1908–1913) and a member of the Lebanese Parliament (1929–1932). His grandfather, Suleiman Ghnatios Frangieh, was district...
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into Lebanon. On 8 May 1976, Elias Sarkis, who was supported by Syria, defeated Frangieh in a presidential election held by the Lebanese Parliament. However...
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Myrna Bustani (category Members of the Parliament of Lebanon)
first woman to serve in the Lebanese parliament (1963-1964) after she took charge of representing her father's parliament seat upon his death in 1963...
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