Strong Lebanon
Strong Lebanon is the parliamentary bloc of the Free Patriotic Movement in the Lebanese Parliament. Headed by Gebran Bassil, it consisted of 29 deputies after the 2018 general election[1] and shrinked to 21 deputies after the 2022 Lebanese general election.[2]
2018–2022 session deputies
2022–2026 session deputies
Name | Election Area | Political Affiliation | Sect |
---|---|---|---|
Nicolas Sehnaoui | Beirut I | FPM | Greek Catholic |
Edgard Traboulsi | Beirut II | FPM | Evangelical |
Jimmy Jabbour | Akkar | FPM | Maronite |
Assaad Dergham | Akkar | FPM | Greek Orthodox |
Gebran Bassil | Batroun | FPM | Maronite |
Georges Atallah | Koura | FPM | Greek Orthodox |
Simon Abi Ramia | Byblos | FPM | Maronite |
Nada Boustani Khoury | Keserwan | FPM | Maronite |
Ibrahim Kanaan | Metn | FPM | Maronite |
Alain Aoun | Baabda | FPM | Maronite |
Cesar Abi Khalil | Aley | FPM | Maronite |
Ghassan Atallah | Chouf | FPM | Greek Catholic |
Farid Boustany | Chouf | FPM | Maronite |
Salim Aoun | Zahle | FPM | Maronite |
Charbel Maroun | West Bekaa | FPM | Maronite |
Samer Al Toum | Baalback | FPM | Greek Catholic |
Elias Bou Saab | Metn | Independent | Greek Orthodox |
Hagop Pakradounian | Metn | Tashnaq | Armenian Orthodox |
Hagop Terzian | Beirut I | Tashnaq | Armenian Orthodox |
George Bouchikian | Zahle | Tashnaq | Armenian Orthodox |
Mohamad Yehya | Akkar | Independent | Sunni |
See also
- List of members of the 2018–2022 Lebanese Parliament
- List of members of the 2022–2026 Lebanese Parliament
Bloc Summary
2018 Bloc
At the beginning of the 17 October Revolution, Neemat Frem, Chamel Roukoz and Michel Moawad left the bloc.[3]
After the 2020 Beirut explosion, Michel Daher left the bloc.[4]
In April 2021, Elie Ferzli left the bloc.[5]
On 1 March 2022, MP Hikmat Dib resigned from FPM causing the bloc to shrink to 23 MP.[6]
2022 Bloc
On 23 June 2022, Tashnaq and Yehya named Najib Mikati unlike the rest of the bloc.[7]
On 10 September 2022, Gebran Bassil kicked out ex-MP Ziad Assouad and ex-MP Mario Aoun.[8]
On 6 December 2022, Tashnaq kicked out MP Bouchikian which shrinked the Strong Lebanon bloc to 20.[9]
References
- ^ "tayyar.org - FPM - Parliment Blov" (in Arabic).
- ^ "تكتل لبنان القوي ٢١ نائبا".
- ^ "معوض ينشقّ عن "لبنان القوّي"".
- ^ "النائب ميشال ضاهر أعلن إنسحابه من تكتل "لبنان القوي"".
- ^ "الفرزلي: انسحبت من تكتل لبنان القوي".
- ^ "حكمت ديب قدم استقالته من "الوطني الحر"".
- ^ "Timour Azhari - twitter".
- ^ "Lebanon: Purge Targets Bassil's Rivals within FPM".
- ^ "فصل النائب بوشيكيان عن كتلة نواب الأرمن".