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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. [25] Notable members:
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. *
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 ...
Political families of Lebanon (19 C, 14 P) K. Lebanese politicians of Kurdish descent (3 P) L. Lebanese Sunni politicians (1 C, 13 P) T. Politicians from Tripoli ...
Political families of Lebanon (19 C, 14 P) Lebanese Druze families (1 C, 3 P) A. Al Solh family (11 P) B. Boulos family (4 P) ... Pages in category "Lebanese families"
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
In modern Lebanon, many families still retain the honorific aristocratic titles of Sheikh, Muqaddam, Emir & Bey.The Lebanese government formally recognizes their rights by including the honorific titles in the official Lebanese ID documents (with title preceding the first name; except for the Turkish Bey title which follows the first name).
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 ...