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'{{Short description|Lebanese political bloc}} {{Infobox parliamentary group | name = Strong Lebanon | native_name = تكتل لبنان القوي | logo = | size = | color = {{party color|Free Patriotic Movement}} | caption = Strong Lebanon bloc logo | chamber = | legislature =[[Parliament of Lebanon]] | foundation = 8 May 2018 | dissolution = | previous name = [[Change and Reform bloc]] | parties = [[Free Patriotic Movement]]<br>[[Tashnaq]] | leader = | president = [[Gebran Bassil]] | constituency = {{collapsible list | titlestyle = font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left; | title = [[North Lebanon]] | bullets = yes | [[Akkar|North I]] | [[North III]] }} {{collapsible list | titlestyle = font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left; | title = [[Mount Lebanon Governorate|Mount Lebanon]] | bullets = yes | [[Mount Lebanon I]] | [[Metn|Mount Lebanon II]] | [[Baabda District|Mount Lebanon III]] | [[Mount Lebanon IV]] }} {{collapsible list | titlestyle = font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left; | title = [[Beirut]] | bullets = yes | [[Beirut I]] | [[Beirut II]] }} {{collapsible list | titlestyle = font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left; | title = [[Bekaa]] | bullets = yes | [[Bekaa I]] | [[Bekaa II]] | [[Qaa|Bekaa III]] }} | vice presidents = | spokesperson = | general secretary = | treasurer = | members = {{composition bar|15|128|per=1|{{party color|Free Patriotic Movement}}}} | ideology =[[Christian democracy]]<br />[[Civic nationalism]]<br />[[Armenian nationalism]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Armenian Nationalist Party Threatens President Over Turkey Protocols|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenian_Nationalist_Party_Threatens_President_Over_Turkey_Protocols/1929715.html|access-date=7 September 2014|agency=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|date=14 January 2010|location=Yerevan|archive-date=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908041326/http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenian_Nationalist_Party_Threatens_President_Over_Turkey_Protocols/1929715.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Cornell|2011|p=11}} | position =[[Government]] | website = }} '''Strong Lebanon''' ({{lang-ar|تكتل لبنان القوي}}) is the parliamentary bloc of the [[Free Patriotic Movement]] and their allies in the [[Lebanese Parliament]]. Headed by [[Gebran Bassil]], it consisted of 29 deputies after the [[2018 Lebanese general election|2018 general election]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=tayyar.org - FPM - Parliamentary Bloc|url=https://www.tayyar.org/FPM/ParlimentBloc|language=ar}}</ref> and shrunk to 17 deputies after the [[2022 Lebanese general election]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9/558678/%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%A2%D9%A1-%D9%86%D8%A7| title= تكتل لبنان القوي ٢١ نائبا }}</ref> == Election summary == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" ! Election ! Seats ! Change |- | [[Lebanese general election, 2018|2018]] | {{composition bar|29|128|per=1|{{party color|Free Patriotic Movement}}}} | ''New'' |- | [[2022 Lebanese general election|2022]] | {{composition bar|17|128|per=1|{{party color|Free Patriotic Movement}}}} | {{Decrease}} 12 |} == 2018–2022 session deputies == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Name !Election Area !Political Affiliation !Sect |- |[[Nicolas Sehnaoui]] |[[Beirut I]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Greek Catholic]] |- |[[Antoine Pano]] |[[Beirut I]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Minorities (Lebanon)|Minorities]] |- |Edgard Traboulsi |[[Beirut II]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Evangelical]] |- |Assaad Dergham |[[Akkar]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Greek Orthodox]] |- |[[Gebran Bassil]] |[[Batroun District|Batroun]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Georges Atallah |[[Koura district|Koura]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Greek Orthodox]] |- |[[Simon Abi Ramia]] |[[Byblos District|Byblos]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Roger Azar |[[Keserwan District|Keserwan]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |[[Ibrahim Kanaan]] |[[Metn]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Edy Maalouf |[[Metn]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Greek Catholic]] |- |[[Alain Aoun]] |[[Baabda District|Baabda]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |<s>[[Hikmat Dib]]</s> Resigned from FPM on 1 March 2022 |[[Baabda District|Baabda]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Cesar Abi Khalil |[[Aley District|Aley]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |[[Mario Aoun]] |[[Chouf]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Farid Boustany |[[Chouf]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Salim Aoun |[[Zahle District|Zahle]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Ziad Assouad |[[Jezzine District|Jezzine]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Salim Khoury |[[Jezzine District|Jezzine]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Greek Catholic]] |- |[[Elias Bou Saab]] |[[Metn]] |{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] |[[Greek Orthodox]] |- |[[Hagop Pakradounian]] |[[Metn]] |{{color box|#FF0000|border=silver}} [[Tashnaq]] |[[Armenian Orthodox]] |- |Hagop Terzian |[[Beirut I]] |{{color box|#FF0000|border=silver}} [[Tashnaq]] |[[Armenian Orthodox]] |- |Alexander Matousian |[[Beirut I]] |{{color box|#FF0000|border=silver}} [[Tashnaq]] |[[Armenian Orthodox]] |- |[[Talal Arslan]] |[[Aley District|Aley]] |{{color box|#00a314|border=silver}} [[Lebanese Democratic Party|LDP]] |[[Druze]] |- |<s>[[Michel Moawad]]</s> Withdrew in October 2019 |[[Zgharta District|Zgharta]] |{{color box|#DA2125|border=silver}} [[Independence Movement (Lebanon)|IM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |<s>[[Michel Daher]]</s> Withdrew in August 2020 |[[Zahle District|Zahle]] |{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] |[[Greek Catholic]] |- |<s>[[Neemat Frem]]</s> Withdrew in October 2019 |[[Keserwan District|Keserwan]] |{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] |[[Maronite]] |- |<s>[[Chamel Roukoz]]</s> Withdrew in October 2019 |[[Keserwan District|Keserwan]] |{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] |[[Maronite]] |- |<s>[[Elie Ferzli]]</s> Expelled in April 2021 |[[Western Beqaa District|West Bekaa]] |{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] |[[Greek Orthodox]] |- |Moustafa Hussein |[[Akkar]] |{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] |[[Alawite]] |} === Timeline === 17 out of 29 MP from the bloc voted for [[Nabih Berri]] in the [[2018 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election]]. [[Elie Ferzli]] was elected as [[Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon]]. At the beginning of the [[17 October Revolution]], [[Neemat Frem]], [[Chamel Roukoz]] and [[Michel Moawad]] left the bloc.<ref>{{cite web |title=معوض ينشقّ عن "لبنان القوّي" |url=https://www.lebanese-forces.com/2019/10/28/michel-mouawad-61/amp/}}</ref> After the [[2020 Beirut explosion]], [[Michel Daher]] left the bloc.<ref>{{cite web |title=النائب ميشال ضاهر أعلن إنسحابه من تكتل "لبنان القوي" |url=https://www.elnashra.com/news/show/1436505/النائب-ميشال-ضاهر-أعلن-إنسحابه-تكتل-لبنان-القوي:-أ?amp=1}}</ref> In April 2021, [[Elie Ferzli]] left the bloc.<ref>{{cite web |title=الفرزلي: انسحبت من تكتل لبنان القوي |url=https://www.elnashra.com/news/show/1499086/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%8A:-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AD?amp=1}}</ref> On 1 March 2022, MP [[Hikmat Dib]] resigned from FPM causing the bloc to shrink to 23 MP.<ref>{{cite web |title=حكمت ديب قدم استقالته من "الوطني الحر" |url=https://www.elnashra.com/news/show/1555819/الجديد-حكمت-ديب-قدم-استقالته-الوطني-الحر-بسبب-يعتب?amp=1}}</ref> == 2022–2026 session deputies == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Name !Election Area !Political Affiliation !Sect |- |[[Nicolas Sehnaoui]] |[[Beirut I]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Greek Catholic]] |- |Edgard Traboulsi |[[Beirut II]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Evangelical]] |- |Jimmy Jabbour |[[Akkar]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Assaad Dergham |[[Akkar]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Greek Orthodox]] |- |[[Gebran Bassil]] |[[Batroun District|Batroun]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Georges Atallah |[[Koura district|Koura]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Greek Orthodox]] |- |<s>[[Simon Abi Ramia]]</s> Resigned from FPM on 7 August 2024 |<s>[[Byblos District|Byblos]]</s> |<s>{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]]</s> |<s>[[Maronite]]</s> |- |[[Nada Boustani Khoury]] |[[Keserwan District|Keserwan]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |[[Ibrahim Kanaan]] |[[Metn]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |<s>[[Alain Aoun]]</s> Expelled from FPM on 2 August 2024 |<s>[[Baabda District|Baabda]]</s> |<s>{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]]</s> |<s>[[Maronite]]</s> |- |Cesar Abi Khalil |[[Aley District|Aley]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Ghassan Atallah |[[Chouf]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Greek Catholic]] |- |Farid Boustany |[[Chouf]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Salim Aoun |[[Zahle District|Zahle]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Charbel Maroun |[[Western Beqaa District|West Bekaa]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |Samer Al Toum |[[Baalbek-Hermel Governorate|Baalback]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Greek Catholic]] |- |[[Elias Bou Saab|<s>Elias Bou Saab</s>]] Expelled in April 2024 |<s>[[Metn]]</s> |<s>{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independent]]</s> |[[Greek Orthodox|<s>Greek Orthodox</s>]] |- |[[Hagop Pakradounian|<s>Hagop Pakradounian</s>]] |<s>[[Metn]]</s> |<s>{{color box|#FF0000|border=silver}} [[Tashnaq]]</s> |[[Armenian Orthodox|<s>Armenian Orthodox</s>]] |- |<s>Hagop Terzian</s> |[[Beirut I|<s>Beirut I</s>]] |<s>{{color box|#FF0000|border=silver}} [[Tashnaq]]</s> |[[Armenian Orthodox|<s>Armenian Orthodox</s>]] |- |<s>George Bouchikian</s> Expelled on 6 December 2022 |[[Zahle District|<s>Zahle</s>]] |<s>{{color box|#FF0000|border=silver}} [[Tashnaq]]</s> |[[Armenian Orthodox|<s>Armenian Orthodox</s>]] |- |<s>Mohamad Yehya</s> |<s>[[Akkar]]</s> |<s>{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independent]]</s> |<s>[[Sunni]]</s> |} === Timeline === 4 out of 21 MP from the bloc voted for [[Nabih Berri]] in the [[2022 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=نبيه بري نال فقط 4 أصوات من تكتل لبنان القويّ |url=https://www.almada.org/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84-4-%D8%A3%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%91/}}</ref> [[Elias Bou Saab]] was elected as [[Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon]]. On 23 June 2022, Tashnaq and Yehya named [[Najib Mikati]] as prime minister unlike the rest of the bloc.<ref>{{cite web |title=Timour Azhari - twitter |url=https://twitter.com/timourazhari/status/1539970703281139713?s=20}}</ref> On 10 September 2022, [[Gebran Bassil]] kicked out ex-MP Ziad Assouad and ex-MP [[Mario Aoun]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lebanon: Purge Targets Bassil’s Rivals within FPM |url=https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3866021/lebanon-purge-targets-bassil%E2%80%99s-rivals-within-fpm}}</ref> On 14 September 2022, FPM boycotted the parliament session due to [[Bachir Gemayel]] assassination memorial.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian MPs boycotted the session to commemorate former President Bachir Gemayel's 40th assassination anniversary |url=https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1311390/parliament-budget-session-postponed-due-to-lack-of-quorum.html}}</ref> On 13 October 2022, FPM boycotted the [[2022-2023 Lebanese presidential election|presidential election]] session due to [[War of Liberation (1989–1990)|13 October]] memorial.<ref>{{cite web |title=Berri adjourns presidential election session as FPM, Hezbollah boycott |url=https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/292976-berri-adjourns-presidential-election-session-as-fpm-hezbollah-boycott}}</ref> On 10 November 2022, [[Hagop Pakradounian]] criticized his colleague in the bloc Jimmy Jabbour for participating in a memorial to the martyrs of the Republic of Azerbaijan in [[Akkar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hagop Pakradounian on twitter |url=https://twitter.com/hagopakradouni/status/1590665746899931137?cxt=HHwWgsDQhbaEl5MsAAAA}}</ref> On 6 December 2022, [[Tashnaq]] kicked out MP Bouchikian which shrunk the Strong Lebanon bloc to 20.<ref>{{cite web |title=فصل النائب بوشيكيان عن كتلة نواب الأرمن |url=https://twitter.com/arftashnagleb/status/1600237672483606528?s=20}}</ref> [[Elias Bou Saab]] was reportedly kicked out of the Free Patriotic Movement bloc on April 2024 in which FPM sources cited political disagreements since the beginning of the 2022 parliament. Disagreements mostly include choice of presidential candidates and ideological differences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lebanon: Bassil Eliminates Bou Saab from FPM after Differences over Presidency Issues |url=https://english.aawsat.com/node/4980196 |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=english.aawsat.com |language=en}}</ref> In August 2024, Alain Aoun was expelled from FPM for his lack of alignments with the parliamentary bloc, like refusing to vote for [[Jihad Azour]] in the [[2022–2024 Lebanese presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |date=2 August 2024 |title=Free Patriotic Movement dismisses Alain Aoun |url=https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1422495/free-patriotic-movement-dismisses-alain-aoun.html |publisher=L'Orient-Le Jour}}</ref> On 7 August 2024, [[Simon Abi Ramia]] resigned from the [[Free Patriotic Movement]] citing "individualism" within the party and disagreements with its leader [[Gebran Bassil]].<ref>{{cite news |date=7 August 2024 |title=MP Simon Abi Ramia left the Free Patriotic Movement |url=https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1422994/mp-simon-abi-ramia-left-the-free-patriotic-movement.html |publisher=L'Orient-Le Jour}}</ref> ==See also== * [[List of members of the 2018–2022 Lebanese Parliament]] * [[List of members of the 2022–2026 Lebanese Parliament]] == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Free Patriotic Movement politicians]] [[Category:March 8 Alliance]] [[Category:Lebanese politicians]] [[Category:Parliamentary blocs of Lebanon]]'