March 14 Alliance
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The March 14 Alliance (Arabic: تحالف 14 آذار), or M14, named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, is a coalition of anti-Syrian political parties and independents in Lebanon, led by MP Saad Hariri, younger son of Rafik Hariri, the assassinated former prime minister of Lebanon, Samir Geagea president of the Lebanese Forces, former President Sheikh Amine Gemayel, and MP and former minister Walid Jumblatt of Progressive Socialist Party.
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.
In Lebanon's 2005 elections, the alliance became the dominant group in parliament with 72 out of 128 MPs. Assassinations, a defection, and a natural death reduced the bloc to 68 seats. It then won 71 seats in the 2009 election.
[edit] Parties and Leaders
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Major parties and leaders are
| Party | Arabic Name | Number of Representatives in the Parliament elected 2005 | Demographic Base |
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| Future Movement | Tayyar Al Mustaqbal | 34 | Officially secular; Mainly Sunni Muslim |
| Progressive Socialist Party | Al Hizb al-Taqadummi al-Ishtiraki | 14 | Officially secular; Mainly Druze |
| Lebanese Forces | Hizb al Quawwat al Lubnaniyyah | 5 | Officially secular; Mainly Maronite Christian |
Qornet Shehwan Gathering
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Liqaa' Qornet Shehwan | 6 | Officially secular; Mainly Maronite Christian |
| Tripoli Bloc | Kutlat Trablos | 4 | 3 Muslim MPs and one Christian |
| Democratic Renewal | At Tajaddod al Dimoqrati | 1 | 1 Muslim MP |
| Democratic Left | 1 | 1 Christian MP | |
| Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar Party) | Ramgavar Azadakan - (Armenian) Liberal Democratic Party | 1 | Armenian |
| Social Democrat Hunchakian Party | Sotsyal Demokrat Hentchagian- (Armenian) Hentchag Party | 1 | Armenian |
| Lebanese National Bloc | Al Kutla al Wataniyya | 0 | Officially secular; Mainly Maronite Christian |
| Free Shiite Movement | At Tayyar al Shii al Hurr | 0 |
Note: Qornet Shehwan Gathering contains the following:
- Phalangist or Kataeb Party (Hizb al-Kataeb), 2 ( both assassinated )
- National Liberal Party (Hizb al-Ahrar al-Watani), 0
- Independence Movement (Harakit al-istiklal), 2
- Independents, 4
[edit] External links
- Official website
- 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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