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The Solidarity Party (''Hizb Al-Tadamon Al-Lubnany'';
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:حزب التضامن اللبناني) is a Lebanese
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
established in 1985 and by Emile Rahme and part of 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. I ...
. It had one seat in the 2009 Lebanese elections. Emile Rahme, who was in 2000 an external candidate in
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, was elected deputy for the Maronite seat of Baalbek-
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District in 2009. In
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and again in
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, he lost his seat to the Lebanese Forces candidate Antoine Habchi. In 1986 and till now, it is an active member in the Maronite Union. Rahme is also considered an active member in the National Christian Union Committee since 2008.


References

* Jean-Marc Aractingi, ''La Politique à mes trousses'', Editions l'Harmattan, Paris, 2006, Lebanon Chapter (). {{Authority control Catholic political parties Christian political parties in Lebanon March 8 Alliance Political parties in Lebanon Lebanese Maronites