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List of political parties in Lebanon

Lebanon has hundreds of registered political parties. After 2005, when the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri precipitated the Cedar Revolution, the political landscape became polarized between two rival alliances, the March 8 Alliance and the March 14 Alliance. Both names refer to dates of mass demonstrations during the revolution.

The March 8 Alliance was supportive of continued Syrian intervention in Lebanon, and includes Hezbollah, the Amal Movement (both majority Shia), and the Free Patriotic Movement (majority Christian). The March 14 Alliance contained parties who advocated for the end of Syrian involvement. Major partners include the Future Movement (majority Sunni), the Lebanese Forces, and Ketaeb (both majority Christian). This alliance dissolved in 2016, and the Future Movement withdrew from the 2022 election, but the remaining partners have maintained their opposition to Hezbollah.

The Progressive Socialist Party, the main representative of the Druze community, has supported both blocs at different points.

After the Revolution of 17 October 2019, a series of large-scale protests against the country's economic situation and political elites, a third bloc has emerged, of non-sectarian groups advocating for wide-scale reform. These groups first gained parliamentary representation in the 2022 elections.

Parties

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The following list places political parties within the two major alliances. Although most parties maintain that they are secular, the major political parties in Lebanon are loosely representative of a certain faith community.

Parties currently represented in parliament

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Party Abbr. Leader or Chairman MPs Political position & ideology Alliance Primary demographic
Lebanese Forces
القوات اللبنانية
al-Quwwāt al-Lubnānīyah
LF Samir Geagea
19 / 128
Christian democracy
Liberal conservatism
Lebanese nationalism
Opposition Christian
Free Patriotic Movement
التيار الحرّ
at-Tayyār al-Horr
FPM Gebran Bassil
16 / 128
Civic nationalism
Christian democracy
Economic liberalism
March 8 Christian
Amal Movement
حركة أمل
Ḥarakat Amal
Amal
أمل
Nabih Berri
14 / 128
Conservatism
Populism
March 8 Shiite
Hezbollah
حزب الله
Ḥizbu 'llāh
HA Naim Qassem
13 / 128
Islamism
Anti-Zionism
Anti-Western
March 8 Shiite
Progressive Socialist Party
الحزب التقدمي الإشتراكي
Ḥizb at-Taqadummi al-Ishtiraki
PSP Taymur Jumblatt
8 / 128
Social democracy
Progressivism
Third Way
Opposition Druze
Future Movement
تيار المستقبل
Tayyār al-Mustaqbal
FM Saad Hariri
8 / 128
Classical liberalism
Economic liberalism
Lebanese nationalism
Opposition Sunni
Kataeb Party (Phalanges)
حزب الكتائب اللبنانية
Ḥizb al-Katā'ib al-Lubnānīya
Kataeb Samy Gemayel
5 / 128
Lebanese nationalism
Christian democracy
Social conservatism
Maronite politics
Opposition Maronite
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն
Hay Heghapokhagan Tashnagtsutiun
ARF
ՀՅԴ
Hagop Pakradounian
3 / 128
Democratic socialism
Armenian nationalism
United Armenia
March 8 Armenian
Marada Movement
تيار المردة
Tayyār al-Marada
MM Suleiman Frangieh
2 / 128
Christian democracy
Lebanese nationalism
Pro-Syrianism
March 8 Maronite
Independence Movement
حركة الاستقلال
Harakat al-Istiklal
IM Michel Moawad
2 / 128
Lebanese nationalism Opposition Maronite
Taqaddom Party
حزب التقدم
Ḥizb al-TaKadum
Collective leadership
2 / 128
Reformism
Social democracy
October 17 Secular
Islamic Charitable Projects Association
جمعية المشاريع الخيرية الإسلامية
Jamʿīyah al-Mashārīʿ al-Khayrīyah al-ʾIslāmīyah
ICPA
الأحباش
al-Aḥbāsh
Shaykh Hussam Qaraqira
2 / 128
Religious pluralism
Islamic neo-traditionalism
Anti-Salafism
March 8 Sunni
Islamic Group
الجماعة الإسلامية
al-Jama'ah al-Islamiyah
IG Azzam Al-Ayyoubi
1 / 128
Islamic democracy
Pan-Islamism
Opposition Sunni
Union Party
حزب الإتحاد
Ḥizb al-Ittiḥād
UP Abdul Rahim Mrad
1 / 128
Nasserism March 8 Sunni
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Lebanon
حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي في لبنان
Ḥizb al-Ba‘th al-‘Arabī al-Ishtirākī fī Lubnān
Ba'ath Disputed
1 / 128
Neo-Ba'athism
Arab socialism
Arab nationalism
March 8 Secular
National Liberal Party
حزب الوطنيين الأحرار
Ḥizb al-Waṭaniyyīn al-Aḥrār
NLP Camille Dory Chamoun
1 / 128
Economic liberalism
Lebanese nationalism
National liberalism
Opposition Maronite
Lebanese Communist Party
الحزب الشيوعي اللبناني
al-Ḥizb aš-Šuyūʿī al-Lubnānī
LCP Hanna Gharib
1 / 128
Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-Zionism
October 17 Secular
Lana – Social Democratic Party
لـنا - حزب ديمقراطي اجتماعي
Lana - hizb dimuqratiun ajtimaeiun
Lana Hassan Sinno
1 / 128
Reformism
Social democracy
October 17 Secular
Mada Party
حزب مادا
hizb mada
Mada Karim Saadeh
1 / 128
Reformism
Social democracy
October 17 Secular
Khatt Ahmar
الخط الأحمر
alkhatu al'ahmar
Waddah Sadek
1 / 128
Reformism
Social democracy
October 17 Secular
Popular Nasserist Organization
التنظيم الشعبي الناصري
at-Tanzim ash-Shaabi an-Nassiri
PNO Ossama Saad
1 / 128
Nasserism
Socialism
Arab nationalism
March 8 Sunni
National Dialogue Party
حزب الحوار الوطني
Ḥizb al-Hiwar al-Watani
NDP Fouad Makhzoumi
1 / 128
Economic liberalism
Secular liberalism
None Sunni
Dignity Movement
تيار الكرامة
Tayyār al-Karāma
DM Faisal Karami
1 / 128
Arab nationalism
Anti-Zionism
Pan-Arabism
March 8 Sunni
Watani Alliance
تحالف وطني
tahaluf watani
Watani Mark Geara
1 / 128
Reformism
Social democracy
October 17 Secular
ReLebanon
لبنان عن جديد
lubnan ean jadid
Ziad Abs
1 / 128
Reformism
Social democracy
October 17 Secular

Other parties

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Party Abbr. Leader or Chairman Political position & ideology Primary demographic
Arab Democratic Party
الحزب العربي الدمقراطي
al-Ḥizb al-Arabi ad-Dimoqraty
ADP Rifaat Eid Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Baathism
Pan-Syrianism
Alawite
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
الحزب السوري القومي الإجتماعي
al-Ḥizb as-Sūrī al-Qawmī al-'Ijtimā'ī
SSNP Rabi Banat Syrian nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Secular
Independent Nasserite Movement - Al-Mourabitoun
حركة الناصريين المستقلين - المرابطون
Ḥarakat an-Nassiriyin al-Mustakilleen - al-Mourabitoon
INM Ibrahim Kulaylat Arab nationalism
Nasserism
Anti-imperialism
Pan-Arabism
Arab socialism
Mainly Sunni Muslim
Some Shiite and Druze
Lebanese Democratic Party
الحزب الديمقراطي اللبناني
al-Ḥizb ad-Dimoqrati al-Lubnāni
LDP Prince Talal Arslan Conservatism Officially Secular
Mainly Druze
Toilers League
رابطة الشغيلة
Rabitat ash-Shaghila
LT Zaher Khatib Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Socialism
Arab nationalism
(Left-wing nationalism)
Secular
Solidarity Party
حزب التضامن
Ḥizb at-Tadamon
Tadamon Emile Rahme Christian liberalism Christianity
People's Movement
حركة الشعب
Ḥarakat ash-Shaeb
SHAAB Ibrahim al-Halabi Nasserism
Socialism
Arab nationalism
Secular
Christian Democratic Union
الحزب المسيحي الدمقراطي
al-Hizb al-Massihi al-Dimoqrati
CDU Neemtallah Abi Nasr Christian democracy Christian
Nasserite Unionists Movement
الحركة التوحيدية الناصرية
al-Ḥaraka at-Tawhidiyya an-Nassiriyya
NUM - Nasserism Secular
Islamic Labor Front
جبهة العمل الإسلامي
Jebhat al-A'amal al-Islamy
ILF Fathi Yakan Islamism Sunni Muslim
Arab Unification Party
تيار التوحيد اللبناني
Tayyār at-Tawhid al-Lubnany
LUM Wiam Wahhab Arab nationalism Officially secular
Mainly Druze
Promise Party
حزب الوعد
Ḥizb al-Waad
NSDP Gina Hobeika Secularism Officially secular
Mainly Maronite Christian
Federation of Popular Leagues and Committees
تجمع اللجان والروابط الشعبية
Tajamo' al-Lijan wal Rawabit ash-Shaabiya
FPLC Maan Bashour Nasserism
Arab Nationalism
Officially secular
Mainly Sunni Muslim
Arab Socialist Union
الإتحاد الإشتراكي العربي
al-Ittiḥād al-Ishtiraki al-Arabi
SAU Omar Harb Arab socialism Secular
Democratic Nasserite Movement
حركة الناصريين الدمقراطيون
Ḥarakat al-Nassiriyin ad-Dimocratiyoon
DNM - Nasserism Sunni Muslim
Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement
حركة النضال العربي اللبناني
Ḥarakat an-Nidal al-Arabi al-Lubnani
LASM Faysal Dawood Arabism Officially secular
Mainly Druze
Islamic Unification Movement
حركة التوحيد الإسلامي
Ḥarakat at-Tawhid al-Islamy
IUM Said Shaaban Islamism Sunni Muslim
Party Abbr. Leader or Chairman Political position & ideology Primary demographic
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
حزب الهنشاق (حزب الهنشاق الديمقراطي الإجتماعي)
Ḥizb al-Henchag
Սոցիալ Դեմոկրատ Հնչակեան Կուսակցութիւն
Sotsial Demokrat Hnchakyan Kusaktsutyun
SDHP
ՍԴՀԿ
- Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Armenian nationalism
Secularism
Armenian
Democratic Left Movement
حركة اليسار الديمقراطي
Ḥarakat al-Yassar ad-Dimoqrati
DL Elias Attallah Left-wing Secular
Democratic Renewal
حركة التجدد الدمقراطي
Ḥarakat at-Tajaddod ad-Dimoqrati
DRM Farouk Jabre Social liberalism
Secularism
Reformism
Nonsectarianism
Secular
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party - Ramgavar
حزب الرمغفار (الحزب الديمقراطي الليبرالي الأرمني)
Ḥizb ar-Ramgavar
Ռամկավար Ազատական Կուսակցութիւն
Ramgavar Azadagan Gusagtsutyun
ADL
ՌԱԿ
Hagop Kassardjian Armenian nationalism
National liberalism
Classical liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Armenian
Free Lebanese Armenian Movement
حركة اللبنانيين الأرمن الأحرار
Ḥarakat al-Lubnaniyin al-Arman al-Ahrar
FLAM - Secular liberalism Armenian
Free Shia Movement
التيار الشيعي الحرّ
at-Tayyār ash-Shi'iy al-Hurr
TSH Mohammad Al Hajj Hassan Islamism Shiite Muslim
Lebanese Peace Party
حزب السلام اللبناني
Ḥizb as-Salam al-Lubnany
LPP Roger Edde Centrism
Decentralization
Big tent[1]
Secular
Syriac Union Party
ܓܒܐ ܕܚܘܝܕܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܒܠܒܢܢ
حزب الاتحاد السرياني
Ḥizb al-Ittiḥād as-Siryani
SUP Ibrahim Mrad Assyrian nationalism Mainly Syriac
Shuraya Party
ܫܘܖܝܐ
حزب شوريا
Ḥizb ash-Shuraya
Shuraya Assyrianism Assyrian
Change Movement[2]

حركة التغـيير

CM Elie Mahfoud[2] Democracy Christian

Non-aligned

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Party Abbr. Leader or Chairman Political position & ideology Primary demographic
Citizens in a State
مواطنون ومواطنات في دولة
Mouwatinoun wa Mouwatinat fi Dawla
MMFD Charbel Nahas Civic nationalism
Progressivism
Secularism
Secular
Mada Network
شبكة مدى
Shabaket Mada
Mada Horizontal Leadership Secularism
Democracy
Social justice
Secular
Popular Bloc
التكتّل الشعبي
at-Takattol ash-Shaa'bi
- Myriam Skaff Christian democracy Greek Catholic
Azm Movement
تيار العزم
Tayyār al-Azm
Azm Najib Mikati Centrism
Secularism
Secular
Mainly Sunni
Sabaa Party
حزب سبعة
Hizb Sabea
Sabaa Hassan Baz Chamas Liberalism Secular
Lebanese Social Democratic Party
حزب الدمقراطي الإشتراكي
Ḥizb ad-Dimoqraty al-Ishtiraki
DSPL Kamel Asaad Socialism
Secularism
Lebanese nationalism
Islamic socialism
Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Red Shi'ism
Secular
Mainly Shiite Muslim
National Bloc
حزب الكتلة الوطنية
Ḥizb al-Kitla al-Wataniya
NB Michel Helou Centrism
Lebanese nationalism
Secular
Historically Maronite
Green Party of Lebanon
حزب الخضر اللبناني
Ḥizb al-Khodor al-Lubnanī
GPL Philip Skaf Green politics Secular
Hizb ut-Tahrir
حزب التحرير
Ḥizb at-Taḥrīr
HT Ata Abu Rashta Officially Islamism Officially Islamic
Mainly Sunni
Phoenician Party
حزب فينيقيا
Hizb alFiniki
Antonios Abidaoud Phoenician Nationalism Secular
Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party
حزب طليعة لبنان العربي الاشتراكي
Ḥizb at-Taliyeh Lubnan al-'Arabi al-Ishtiraki
HT Abd al-Majid Rafei Ba'athism Secular
Movement of Lebanese Nationalism
حركة القومية اللبنانية
Ḥarakat al-Qawmiyya al-Lubnaniyya
MLN Etienne Saqr Right-wing nationalism Secular
Traditionally Christian
Aramean Democratic Organization
ܛܘܟܣܐ ܐܪܡܝܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ
Ṭukoso Oromoyo Dimoqraṭoyo
التنظيم الآرامي الديمقراطي
at-Tanzim al-Arami ad-Dimoqraty
ArDO Gabi Gallo Arameanism
National conservatism
Christian democracy
Religious nationalism
Pro-Europeanism
Aramean
Lihaqqi
لِ حقي
Lihaqqi
Collective Leadership Left-libertarianism
Grassroots democracy
Economic democracy
Radical democracy
Secular
Lebanese Democratic Movement
تيار لبنان الديمقراطي
Tayyār Lubnan ad-Dimoqraty
- Jack Tamer Social democracy Secular
Lebanese Option Party
تيار الإنتماء اللبناني
Tayyār al-Intimaa' al-Lubnani
LOG Ahmad al-Asaad Liberalism Secular
Mainly Shiite Muslim
Liberty Front
جبهة الحرية
Jabhat al-Horriya
- Fouad Abou Nader Center-right Secular
Traditionally Christian
Najjadeh Party
حزب النجادة
Ḥizb an-Nejjadeh
Mustapha Hakim Arab nationalism Sunni Muslim
New Lebanese Movement
حركة اللبنانيين الجدد
Ḥarakat al-Lubnaniyin al-Jodod
Danny Abdel Khalek Secularism Secular
Arab Socialist Party
الحزب العربي الإشتراكي
al-Ḥizb al-Arabi al-Ishtiraki
- - Socialism Secular
Lebanese Ecology Party
حزب البيئة اللبناني
Ḥizb al-Bi'a al-Lubnany
- Habib Maalouf Ecology Secular
Popular Democratic Party
الحزب الشعبي الديمقراطي
al-Ḥizb ash-Shaabi ad-Dimoqraty
- Nazih Hamza Marxism-Leninism Secular
Take Back Parliament - Lebanon

إسترجعوا البرلمان

TBP Various Secularism Secular
Lebanese Arab Movement
حركة لبنان العربي
Ḥarakat Lubnan al-Arabi
- - Nasserism Sunni Muslim
Organization of Communist Action
منظمة العمل الشيوعي
Munaẓẓamah al-‘Amal ash-Shuyū‘ī
- Ibrahim Muhsen Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Socialism
Maoism
Secular
Kurdish Democratic Party
الحزب الديمقراطي الكردي في لبنان
al-Ḥizb ad-Dimuqrati al-Kurdi fi Lubnan
- Riyad Mihhu Kurdish nationalism Kurdish
Razkari Party
حزب رزكاري
Ḥizb Rizkārī
- Mahmoud Khodr Fattah Ahmad Kurdish nationalism Kurdish

Defunct parties

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Party Abbr. Leader or Chairman Notes Ideology Primary demographic
Al-Tanzim Party
حركة المقاومة اللبنانية - التنظيم
Ḥarakat al-Moqawama al-Lubnaniya (Tanzim)
Tanzim - Political wing of the Al-Tanzim militia. Ultranationalism
Christian right
Maronite
Constitutional Bloc
الكتلة الدستورية
al-Kutla ad-Dustuuriyya
- Khalil El-Khoury Created by Bechara El Khoury to oppose Émile Eddé's National Bloc Secular liberalism
Liberal nationalism
Nonsectarianism
Pro-National Pact
Secular
The Great Lebanese Labor Party
الحزب العمالي اللبناني الكبير
al-Ḥizb al-'Ommali al-Lubnany al-Kabir
- - This party existed during the French Mandate of Lebanon Communism Secular
Deprived Movement
حركة المحرومين
Ḥarakat al-Mahrumin
- Musa al-Sadr Ancestor of Amal - Shia
Arab Nationalist Movement
حركة القوميين العرب
Ḥarakat al-Qawmiyyin al-'Arab
- - Split, most merged into the Arab Socialist Action Party – Lebanon Pan-Arabism
Arab socialism
Anti-Zionism
Secularism
National liberation
-
Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party
الحزب الشيوعي السوري اللبناني
al-Ḥizb ash-Shuyū'ī as-Sūrī al-Lubnānī
- Khalid Bakdash - Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Secular
Arab Socialist Action Party – Lebanon
حزب العمل الاشتراكي العربي - لبنان
Ḥizb al-'Amal al-Ishtiraki al-'Arabi - Lubnan
ASAP-L Hussein Hamdan - Marxism
Arab nationalism
Secular
National Youth Party
حزب الشباب الوطني
Ḥizb ash-Shabab al-Watani
- Ahmad Karami - - Secular
Party of Socialist Revolution
حزب الثورة الإشتراكية
Ḥizb at-Thawra al-Ishtirakiyya
- - - Maoism Secular
Communist Action Organization in Lebanon
منظمة العمل الشيوعي في لبنان
Munaẓẓamah al-‘Amal al-Shuyū‘ī fī Lubnān
CAOL; OCAL Mohsen Ibrahim Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Secular
Lebanese Republican Party
الحزب الجمهوري اللباني
Al Hezb Al Joumhouri Al Loubnani
LRP; PRL Imad Geara Republicanism
Secularism Nationalism
Secular

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Nash, Matt (2017-09-13). "The anti-establishment - Executive Magazine". Executive. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  2. ^ a b "Change Movement head Elie Mahfoud to MTV: The President was required to take a firmer stance following the Minister of Culture's words and his threat that the Lebanese would witness something they had never seen before". MTV Lebanon. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2021-10-15.