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Prominent Lebanese | Lebanon's 2005 Parliamentary blocs
Lebanon's 2005 Parliamentary blocs
Outline
The main alliances in Lebanon's 2005 parliament are as follows: The anti-Syria Bristol Gathering alliance holds the
majority of the votes with 72 members, headed by Saad al Hariri's. The
alliance comprises The Future Movement Bloc (36), The Democratic Gathering bloc (15), The
Qornet Shehwan alliance (14), the Tripoli Bloc (3), the Democratic Left Bloc (1), the
Democratic Renewal Bloc (1), and independents Nicholas Fattoush and Robert Ghanem.
The Hezbollah, Amal Movement alliance
comprises 33 members: the Liberation and Development bloc (15), the
Loyalty to the Resistance bloc (14), the National Syrian Social Party (2), the Baath Party
(1), and the Lebanese Phalanges (1).
The Change and Reform Alliance with 21
members, headed by MP General Michel Aoun. The alliance includes: The Free Patriotic
Movement Bloc(14), The Popular Movement Bloc (5), and The Metn Bloc (2 members). |
The Parliamentary Blocs
| The Future Movement Bloc,
headed by Saad Hariri (36 members) : Ammar al-Houri, Bahij Tabbara, Nabil
de Freij, Atef Majdalani, Walid Eido, Mohammad Qabbani, Ghunwa Jalloul, Jean Ogaspian,
Yeghia Gergian, Serge Tursarkisian, Basem al-Shabb, Ghazi Youssef, Michel Faroun, Hagop
Kasarjian, Mohammad al-Hajjar, Basem al-Sabaa, Ahmad Ftouh, Jamal Jarrah, Antouan
Andraous, Bahia Hariri, Mustafa Hashem, Azzam Dandashi, Mahmoud al-Mrad, Riyad Rahhal,
Abdullah Hanna, Hadi Hbiesh, Mustafa Ali Hassan, Ahmad Fatfat, Qassem Abdel Aziz, Samir
al-Jisr, Mustafa Alloush, Badr Wannous, Hashem Alam-el-Deen, Farid Makarri, and Nicholas
Ghosn. |
The Change and Reform Alliance, headed by
General Michel Aoun (21 members), comprising:
- The Free Patriotc Movement Bloc, headed by
General Michel Aoun (14 members): Shamel Mozaya, Walid al-Khoury, Yousef
Khalil, Nimetallah Abi Nasr, Farid Elias al-Khazen, Gilbert Zouwain, Ibrahim Kanaan, Selim
Salhab, Nabil Nichola, Edgar Maalouf, Abbas Hashem, Ghassan Moukhaiber, Selim Aoun.
- The Popular Bloc, headed by Elie Skaff (5
members): Elie Skaff, Assem Araji, George Kassarji, Kamil al-Maalouf, and
Hassan Yacoub.
- The Metn Bloc (2 members):
Michel Murr and Hagop Pakradonian.
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| The Democratic Gathering Bloc, headed by
Druze leader Walid Jumblat (15 members): Marwan Hamadeh, Nabil
al-Bustani, Elie Aoun, Nimeh Toumeh, Alaa-el-Deen Tirro, Akram Shayyeb, Faisal al-Sayegh,
Ayman Shoukair, Fouad al-Saad, Henry Helou, Abdullah Farhat, Ghazi al-Aridi, Wael Abu
Faour, and Antouan Saad. |
| The Liberation and Development Bloc,
headed by Speaker Nabih Berri (15 members): Ali Osseiran, Samir Azar,
Antouan Khoury, Michel Moussa, Anwar al-Khalil, Ali Khreis, Abdel Majid Saleh, Ayyoub
Hmaid, Ali Bazzi, Ali Hassan Khalil, Yasin Jaber, Abdel Latif al-Zein, Ghazi Zaaiter, and
Nasser Nasrallah. |
| The Loyalty to the Resistance (Hezbollah)
Bloc, headed by Mohammad Raad (14 members): Mohammad Fneish,
Mohammad Haidar, Hassan Fadlallah, Hassan Huballah, Amin Shirri, Ali Ammar, Pierre Serhal,
Ismail Sukkarieh, Kamel al-Rifai, Ali al-Miqdad, Hussein al-Hajj Hassan, Jamal al-Taqesh,
and Nawwar al-Saheli. |
The Qornet Shehwan Alliance (14
members), comprising:
- The Lebanese Forces Bloc (6 members):
Strida Geagea, Elie Kairouz, Antoine Zahra, Farid Habib, George Adwan, and Edmond Naim.
- The Pallange Party Reform Bloc (2
members): Pierre Gemayel and Antoine Ghanem.
- Independent MP's (6 deputies):
Gebran Tueni, Boutrus Harb, Nayla Mouawad, Samir Franjieh, Jawad Boulos, Solange Gemayel
(representing an alliance between Gemayel's Pallange Party Reform Movement and the
Lebanese Forces).
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| The Tripoli Bloc (3
members): Mohammad al-Safadi, Maurice Fadel, and Mohammad Kabbara. |
| The National Syrian Social Party Bloc (2
members): Asaad Hardan and Marwan Fares. |
| The Democratic Renewal Bloc (1
member): Mosbah al-Ahdab. |
| The Democratic Left Bloc (1
Member): Elias Atallah. |
| The Baath Party Bloc (1 member):
Qassem Hashem. The Democratic Left Bloc (1 Member):
Elias Atallah. |
| The Phalange Party Bloc (1 member):
Nader Sukkar. |
| Independent (4):Hussein al-Husseini,
Nicholas Fattoush, Oussama Saad, and Robert Ghanem. |
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