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The Karami family is a Sunni political family in the city of Tripoli in Northern Lebanon. Members of his family traditionally held the position of mufti of Tripoli. The family is also known to adhere a strong Arab nationalist ideology as it runs the Arab Liberation Party, now known as the Dignity Movement. [28] Notable members:
Large clans are typically more traditional and have political and economic ties to its unit. Instead, extended families are generally the boundaries of which these kin groups separate. The Lebanese household serves as the center of these kin groups. There are little variations in kinship patterns in the rural and urban areas of Lebanon. The ...
Pages in category "Political families of Lebanon" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Lebanese political institutions often play a secondary role to highly confessionalized personality-based politics. Powerful families play an independent role in mobilizing votes for both local and parliamentary elections. A lively panoply of domestic political parties, some even predating independence, exists. The largest parties are all ...
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 ...
In the wake of the election of Joseph Aoun as president of Lebanon on 9 January 2025, multiple opposition MPs reached a consensus on nominating Salam as Prime Minister. [1] His candidacy is supported by many Western and Arab states, who call for his nomination, against current caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati .
The Merhebi family is the biggest family in Lebanon, with almost 20,000 members of the family living mainly in Akkar, Tripoli, and some in Beirut. While the others failed, Sleiman Beik El Ali El Merhebi's list (named the "Popular List" (Al Laiha al chabiya)) was elected entirely and Talal Beik received many votes, especially from women who ...
Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement; Lebanese economic crisis bank robberies and sit-ins; Lebanese nationality law; Lebanese political crisis (2019–present) 17 October Revolution; Lebanese–Syrian Security Apparatus; Secularist movement in Lebanon; List of members of the first Parliament of Lebanon; List of political families in Lebanon