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Minorities (Lebanon)
In Lebanese politics Minorities ( ar, أقليات ''’Aqaliyāt'') is a term that includes six different Christian sects; Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholics, Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Catholics, Latin Catholics and Coptic Orthodox.''Daily Star''. Minority sects demand greater representation in Parliament'Assyrian International News Agency. ' 1 of the 128 seats in the national parliament is allocated to Minorities (all seats in the Lebanese parliament are allocated to different confessional groups). The Minorities' seat is elected from Beirut III electoral district, an electoral district with a large Sunni Muslim majority (65.25% of the registered voters). According to data released by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities in 2011 (not an official census as such), there were 42,715 registered Minorities voters (1.28% of all registered voters in the country). Electoral districts with significant Minorities populations were Beirut I 10,063 voters (11.0% of the reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chafic Nassif
Chafic Nassif ( ar, شفيق ناصيف) was a Syriac Catholic Lebanese politician and lawyer. Nassif was one of the founders of the Kataeb Party in 1936. He won the Beirut Minorities seat in the 1937 parliamentary election. He later left the Kataeb Party and became a follower of Camille Chamoun Camille Nimr Chamoun OM, ONC ( ar, كميل نمر شمعون, ''Kamīl Sham'ūn''; 3 April 1900 – 7 August 1987) was a Lebanese politician who served as President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958. He was one of the country's main Christi .... Nassif contested the Beirut V - Minet El Hosn seat (allocated to Minorities) in the 1953 general election. He finished in third place with 1,097 votes (21.6%). He re-entered parliament after the 1957 elections, winning the Minorities seat in the second district of Beirut with 14,471 votes. In 1958 he took part in founding the National Liberal Party and was a member of its Administrative Council.Ahrar News Portal. Récépissé numér ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coast. Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, and was one of Phoenicia's most prominent city states, making it one of the oldest cities in the world (see Berytus). The first historical mention of Beirut is found in the Amarna letters from the New Kingdom of Egypt, which date to the 14th century BC. Beirut is Lebanon's seat of government and plays a central role in the Lebanese economy, with many banks and corporations based in the city. Beirut is an important seaport for the country and region, and rated a Beta + World City by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Beirut was severely damaged by the Lebanese Civil War, the 2006 Lebanon War, and the 2020 massive explosion in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Lebanese General Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Lebanon on 7 June 2009 to elect all 128 members of the Parliament of Lebanon. Background Before the election, the voting age was to be lowered from 21 to 18 years, but as this requires a constitutional amendment, it did not happen before the election. Allocation of seats Following a compromise reached in the Doha Agreement in May 2008 between the government and opposition, a new electoral law was put in place, as shown in the table below. It was passed on 29 September 2008. Results Preliminary results indicated that the turnout had been as high as 55%. The March 14 Alliance garnered 71 seats in the 128-member parliament, while the March 8 Alliance won 57 seats. This result is virtually the same as the result from the election in 2005. However, the March 14 alliance saw this as a moral victory over Hezbollah, who led the March 8 Alliance, and the balance of power was expected to shift in its favor. Many observers expect to see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Socialist Party
The Progressive Socialist Party ( ar, الحزب التقدمي الاشتراكي, translit=al-Hizb al-Taqadummi al-Ishtiraki) is a Lebanese political party. Its confessional base is in the Druze sect and its regional base is in Mount Lebanon Governorate, especially the Chouf District. Founded by Kamal Jumblatt in 1949, the party has been led by his son Walid since 1977. Origins The party was founded on 5 January 1949, and registered on 17 March the same year, under notification N°789. The founders comprised six individuals, all of different backgrounds. The most notable of these was Kamal Jumblatt. The others were Farid Jubran, Albert Adeeb, Abdallah Alayli, Fouad Rizk, and George Hanna. The PSP held the first conference for the Socialist Arab Parties in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Iraq in Beirut in 1951. From 1951 through 1972 the party had between three and six deputies in parliament. The PSP in the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) Under Kamal Jumblatt's leadership, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beirut II (1960)
Beirut II was a parliamentary constituency in Lebanon. It covered three neighbourhoods (''quartiers'') of the capital; Dar El Mreisse, Zuqaq al-Blat and Bachoura. Michael Hudson described Beirut II as a 'small "catch-all" district'. This constituency was used in the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 elections. 1960 Election Law The constituency was established as part of the 1960 Election Law. In the 1957 parliamentary election Beirut had been divided into two constituencies, and Dar El Mreisse, Zuqaq al-Blat and Bachoura had been part of the same constituency as Minet el Hosn, Port, Ras Beirut and Medawar. The issue of the delimitations of the Beirut constituencies had been contested, but an agreement between Christian and Muslim leaders was reached on February 23, 1960, by which there was agreement that Beirut II would be assigned two Muslim seats and one Maronite seat. The Election Law was passed in April 1960, with three seats for Beirut II (1 Sunni, 1 Shia, 1 Minorities). Demograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farid Jubran
Farid Youssef Jubran ( ar, فريد يوسف جبران) was a Lebanese Latin Catholic politician. He was born in 1911. Jubran was one of the co-founders of the Progressive Socialist Party in 1949. Outside politics Jubran owned a Beirut-based auditing firm. Jubran became the president of the National Labour Union Front in 1946, and struggled for the implementation of Labour Law. Jubran contested the 1957 parliamentary election unsuccessfully. In the 1960 parliament election Jubran won the Minorities seat from the Beirut II constituency, contesting on the list of Adnan al-Hakim. He retained the Beirut II Minorities seat in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 elections.Zuwiyya, Jalal. The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968'. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 13, 17-20 In the latter election, Jubran contested on the list of Rashid as-Solh. He was a leader of the National Struggle Front and the Commercial Workers and Employees Trade Union in Lebanon.''As-Safir''ساحة فريد جبران/ref> In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni
Mar Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (Arabic language, Arabic: جبرائيل تبّوني, french: Ignace-Gabriel I Tappouni) (3 November 1879 – 29 January 1968) was a leading prelate of the Syriac Catholic Church. He served as List of Syrian Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch, Patriarch of Antioch from 1929 to 1968, and was elevated to the Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinalate in 1935. Biography Born ''Abdul-Ahad Dawood Tappouni'', Baptism, Baptized as ''Leo Gabriel'', Tappouni was born in Mosul (in modern Iraq) and there studied at the Syriac Catholic Church, Syro-Chaldean Catholic Church, Chaldean Dominican Order, Dominican Seminary. He was Holy Orders, ordained to the Priesthood (Catholic Church), priesthood on 3 November 1902, taking the name ''Dominic''. After teaching at the same seminary until 1908, Tappouni was then made Secretary of the Nuncio, Apostolic Delegation to Mesopotamia. On 12 September 1912, he was appointed Titular bishop, Titular Bishop of Danaba and the Chaldean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beirut V – Minet El Hosn Electoral District
Beirut V – Minet El Hosn was an electoral district in Lebanon, used in the 1953 parliamentary election. The electoral district covered three neighbourhoods of Beirut and elected a Minorities parliamentarian. Joseph Chader of the Kataeb Party was elected from the district in 1953. New election law The 1953 election was the first parliamentary election in Lebanon with a new electoral system which allowed candidates to win with a plurality of votes, rather than requiring a second round. Female universal suffrage was introduced whilst voting was made compulsory for men, as per the November 1952 Election Law. Moreover, the number of seats in the parliament was reduced from 77 to 44. Most of the electoral districts now elected only a single parliamentarian, rather than the usual system in Lebanon where several parliamentarians are elected from a larger district. The November 1952 Election Law had also abolished the separate seat for Armenian Catholics. Beirut V - Minet el Hosn cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Chader
Joseph Chader ( ar, جوزيف شادر; 1907 – March 28, 1977) was a Lebanese Armenian Catholic politician. He was a Member of Parliament between 1951 and 1977, and served as deputy speaker at times. In 1958 he became the first Armenian government minister in Lebanon. He served as vice chairman of the Kataeb Party.Messerlian, Zaven. ''Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009''. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. p. 112 Background Joseph Chader was born in Beirut in 1907.اللواءآل الصبّاغ وصبّاغة وصبّان وسباهي وصبح وصبرا وشادر وشامليان He was the son of an Armenian refugee from Diyarbakir, Antoine Chader. Antoine Chader had been active in the Patriotic Union. Joseph Chader studied at ''Ecole des frères'' in Beirut. In 1925 he began studying law at the French Law Institute, graduating in 1928 with good grades. After his graduation as a lawyer, he began working at the office for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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