Khaled Hadadi is the former general-secretary of the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP) from December 2003 until April 2016. He was born in the city of

Barja Barja ( ar, برجا, also known as Barja al-Chouf) is a town and municipality in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Barja is situated near the Mediterranean coast, 34 kilometers south of Beirut and at the midway poi ...

Mount Lebanon Mount Lebanon ( ar, جَبَل لُبْنَان, ''jabal lubnān'', ; syr, ܛܘܪ ܠܒ݂ܢܢ, ', , ''ṭūr lewnōn'' french: Mont Liban) is a mountain range in Lebanon. It averages above in elevation, with its peak at . Geography The Mount Le ...

, Lebanon in 1956. He studied Physics at the Lebanese University and graduated with a B.S. in 1979 before pursuing a Ph.D. in France in 1984. Hadadi taught at the Lebanese University for several years before becoming General-Secretary of LCP. Hadadi served in the

central committee Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of Communist party, communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party org ...

of the party since 1987 and in the political bureau since 1993. He was elected as General Secretary of the Party in 2004 after he defeated the former general-secretary Farouq Dahrouj in the internal elections.
During his term, the party lived through the difficult political times of division between March 8 and March 14 forces in Lebanon. However, under the leadership of Hadadi, the party managed to preserve its independence despite its closer relations with Hizbollah and

Michel Aoun Michel Naim Aoun ( ar, ميشال نعيم عون ; born 30 September 1933) is a Lebanese politician and former military general who served as the President of Lebanon from 31 October 2016 until 30 October 2022. Born in Haret Hreik to a Mar ...

, the main leaders of the Lebanese opposition that was known before as the March 8 coalition. He was reelected as secretary general for a second term after the 10th Congress of the Party in February 2009. He was succeeded by Hanna Gharib who was elected after the 12th Congress in April 2016.

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Living people Lebanese Communist Party politicians Lebanese left-wing activists Lebanese University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{Lebanon-politician-stub