Union Party (Lebanon)
The Union Party (Arabic: حزب الإتحاد Hizb el ittihad) is a Lebanese political party based in Beqaa Governorate and led by former minister Abdelrahim Mourad. The party is officially secular and its ideology is Nasserism. The party was founded as Resurrect the Revolution (Arabic: بعث الثورة), and took on its current name in 1990.[1]
Union Party حزب الإتحاد | |
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| Abbreviation | UP |
| Leader | Abdul Rahim Mrad |
| Founded | 1960s |
| Headquarters | West Beqaa |
| Ideology | Nasserism Pan-Arabism |
| National affiliation | March 8 Alliance |
| Parliament of Lebanon | 1 / 128
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| Cabinet of Lebanon | 0 / 30
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| Party flag | |
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The party is strongly allied with Syria and the March 8 Alliance with big support from Iran, Syria and previously Qatar.
References
- El Sayed, Moaz (October 2019). Intra-Sunni contestations in contemporary Lebanon : a framing-theory approach to the analysis of political divides within Lebanon's Sunni demographic (2005-2016) (Ph.D. thesis). Keele University.
External links
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