The Union Party ( ar, حزب الإتحاد ''Hizb el ittihad'') is a
Lebanese political party based in
Beqaa Governorate
Beqaa ( ') is a governorate in Lebanon.
Districts
Since 2014, Beqaa Governorate contains three districts:
* West Beqaa
* Rashaya
* Zahle
A law was passed in 2003 to separate Baalbek District and Hermel District from Beqaa Governorate to form a ...
and led by former minister
Abdelrahim Mourad. The party is officially secular and its ideology is
Nasserism
Nasserism ( ) is an Arab nationalist and Arab socialist political ideology based on the thinking of Gamal Abdel Nasser, one of the two principal leaders of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and Egypt's second President. Spanning the domestic a ...
. The party was founded as Resurrect the Revolution (), and took on its current name in 1990.
The party is strongly allied with Syria and the
March 8 Alliance
The March 8 Alliance ( ar, تحالف 8 آذار, taḥāluf 8 adhār}) is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that are united by their pro-Syrian stance and their opposition to the March 14 Alliance. It ...
with support from Iran, Syria and previously Qatar.
The Union Party was represented in Parliament by
Abdelrahim Mourad from 1992 to 2009, and from 2018 to 2022 in one of the Sunni seats in West Bekaa-Rashaya. He was succeeded as an MP by his son Hasan Mrad following the
2022 Lebanese general election
The 2022 Lebanese general election is the upcoming general election in Lebanon, scheduled for 15 May 2022.
Background
2019–21 protests
Large-scale anti-government demonstrations ignited in the country from 17 October. Initially triggered ...
.
References
External links
Official website (archive)
Arab nationalism in Lebanon
Nasserist political parties
Nationalist parties in Lebanon
Political parties with year of establishment missing
Secularism in Lebanon
Socialist parties in Lebanon
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