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the democratic renewal movement did not leave the party, but its only MP was sidelined in the 2009 elections due to certain alliances, this doesnt mean they left March 14 |
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Several leaders left the alliance after the elections in 2009''' |
Several leaders left the alliance after the elections in 2009''' |
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==Parties and Leaders== |
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The March 14 Alliance (Arabic: تحالف 14 آذار), , named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon that call for sovereignty over all Lebanese territories, led by MP Saad Hariri, younger son of Rafik Hariri, the assassinated former prime minister of Lebanon, as well as other figures such as Samir Geagea president of the Lebanese Forces.
Free Patriotic Movement of General Michel Aoun left the Alliance (March 14 was not an established alliance back then) before the 2005 general elections due to major disagreements and became part of pro-Syrian March 8 Alliance in 2006.
Several leaders left the alliance after the elections in 2009
Groups that left the alliance
- Progressive Socialist Party
Parties and Leaders
Major parties and leaders are
| Party | Arabic Name | Number of Representatives in the Parliament elected 2009 | Demographic Base |
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| Future Movement | تيار المستقبل | 28 | Officially secular; Mainly Sunni Muslim |
| Lebanese Forces | القوات اللبنانية | 8 | Officially secular; Mainly Christian |
| Phalangist Party | حزب الكتائب | 5 | Officially secular; Mainly Christian |
| Free Lebanese Armenian Movement | حركة اللبنانيين الأرمن الأحرار | Officially secular; Mainly Armenians | |
| National Liberal Party | حزب الوطنيين الأحرار | 1 | Officially secular; Mainly Christian |
| Democratic Left Movement | حركة اليسار الديمقراطي | 1 | Secular |
| Social Democrat Hunchakian Party | حزب الهنشاق | 2 | Officially secular; Mainly Armenians |
| Armenian Democratic Liberal Party | حزب الرمغافار | 1 | Officially secular; Mainly Armenians |
| Independents | المستقلون | 11 | Secular |
External links
- Official website
- Independence Movement Official Web Site
- Lebanese March 14 Emigrant Assembly
- Lebanese Forces Official website
- Democratic Renewal (Lebanon)|Democratic Renewal Movement Official website
- Kataeb Party Official website
- National Liberal Party (Lebanon) Official website
- Democratic Left Movement (Lebanon) Official website
- Progressive Socialist Party Official website
- Tajaddod/Democratic Renewal Movement Youth blog
- High Council of the Free Patriotic Movement
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