Azm Movement
Azm Movement تيار العزم | |
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File:AzmTayyar-logo.png | |
Abbreviation | TA |
Leader | Najib Mikati |
Founded | 2004 |
Headquarters | Tripoli |
Ideology | Secularism |
Political position | Centre |
Parliament of Lebanon | 0 / 128
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Cabinet of Lebanon | 3 / 24
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Website | |
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The Azm Movement (Arabic: تيار العزم) is a political party in Lebanon, founded and led by Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Miqati and has 0 members in parliament.[1][2]
As of 2018 Haitham Ezzedine served as coordinator of the Azm Movement in Akkar.[3]
History
The Azm Movement participated in the parliamentary elections of 2000 and 2009 by nominating its leader, Najib Mikati, in the Tripoli constituency, for the Sunni seat, and was able to win both times.
The party participated in the 2018 parliamentary elections in the Minnieh, Dinnieh, Tripoli electoral district, which was conducted according to the new proportional system, and announced the formation of a list called "List of Determination",[4] which achieved a great victory and ranked second in Tripoli with more than 40 thousand votes,[4] and the party won four seats:
Najib Mikati for the Sunni seat; Ali Darwish for the Alawite seat; Jean Obeid for the Maronite seat and Nicolas Nahas for the Orthodox seat.[4] Jean Obeid died during is term in 2021.
References
- ^ Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Political Party Mapping in Lebanon Ahead of the 2018 Elections
- ^ Albabawa. Municipal lists still remain unclear for Tripoli: Lebanon elections
- ^ مَن ينتخب تيار العزم في عكار؟. Al-Modon
- ^ a b c Dobrica, Venera (2018-01-03). "pdf file". dx.doi.org. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
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