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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|17|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]] 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}}}} | {{Increase}} 2 |- | [[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]] |} == 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]] |- |[[Simon Abi Ramia]] |[[Byblos District|Byblos]] |{{Color box|#fc9434|||border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement|FPM]] |[[Maronite]] |- |[[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]] |- |[[Alain Aoun]] |[[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]] |- |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]] |[[Metn]] |{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] |[[Greek Orthodox]] |- |[[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> |} ==Bloc summary== ===2018 Bloc=== 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 | url=https://www.lebanese-forces.com/2019/10/28/michel-mouawad-61/amp/| title=معوض ينشقّ عن "لبنان القوّي" }}</ref> After the [[2020 Beirut explosion]], [[Michel Daher]] left the bloc.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elnashra.com/news/show/1436505/النائب-ميشال-ضاهر-أعلن-إنسحابه-تكتل-لبنان-القوي:-أ?amp=1| title=النائب ميشال ضاهر أعلن إنسحابه من تكتل "لبنان القوي" }}</ref> In April 2021, [[Elie Ferzli]] left the bloc.<ref>{{cite web | 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| title=الفرزلي: انسحبت من تكتل لبنان القوي }}</ref> On 1 March 2022, MP [[Hikmat Dib]] resigned from FPM causing the bloc to shrink to 23 MP.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elnashra.com/news/show/1555819/الجديد-حكمت-ديب-قدم-استقالته-الوطني-الحر-بسبب-يعتب?amp=1| title=حكمت ديب قدم استقالته من "الوطني الحر" }}</ref> ===2022 Bloc=== 4 out of 21 MP from the bloc voted for [[Nabih Berri]] in the [[2022 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election]].<ref>{{cite web | 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/| title= نبيه بري نال فقط 4 أصوات من تكتل لبنان القويّ }}</ref> [[Elias Bou Saab]] was elected as [[Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon]]. On 23 June 2022, Tashnaq and Yehya named [[Najib Mikati]] 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 | url=https://twitter.com/arftashnagleb/status/1600237672483606528?s=20| title= فصل النائب بوشيكيان عن كتلة نواب الأرمن }}</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]]'