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1953 Lebanese General Election
General elections were held in Lebanon between 12 July and 9 August 1953, the first under the new electoral system which allowed candidates to win with a plurality of votes, rather than requiring a second round. Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 50.0%.Nohlen et al., p184 Results Electoral districts Bourj Hammoud The incumbent parliamentarian Dikran Tosbath, who had won his seat in the 1951 parliamentary election as an anti-Tashnag candidate, sought re-election. He was a close associate of President Camille Chamoun. As the Tashnag Party prioritized good relations with the government they threw their support behind Tosbath. Tosbath was also supported by the National Bloc. The Hunchag-Ramgavar-Independent Group alliance opted not to contest the Bourj Hammoud seat, concentrating their efforts in the Beirut I – Medawar seat instead. Hoping to benefit from the absence of other opposition candidates in Bourj Hammoud, the Lebanese Communist Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Lebanese General Election
General elections were held in Lebanon on 15 April 1951, with a second round in some constituencies on 22 April. Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 54.7%.Nohlen et al., p184 Results References Lebanon 1951 in Lebanon Elections in Lebanon Election and referendum articles with incomplete results {{Lebanon-poli-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farid Jubran
Farid Youssef Jubran ( ar, فريد يوسف جبران) was a Lebanese Latin Catholic politician. He was born in 1911. Jubran was one of the co-founders of the Progressive Socialist Party in 1949. Outside politics Jubran owned a Beirut-based auditing firm. Jubran became the president of the National Labour Union Front in 1946, and struggled for the implementation of Labour Law. Jubran contested the 1957 parliamentary election unsuccessfully. In the 1960 parliament election Jubran won the Minorities seat from the Beirut II constituency, contesting on the list of Adnan al-Hakim. He retained the Beirut II Minorities seat in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 elections.Zuwiyya, Jalal. The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968'. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 13, 17-20 In the latter election, Jubran contested on the list of Rashid as-Solh. He was a leader of the National Struggle Front and the Commercial Workers and Employees Trade Union in Lebanon.''As-Safir''ساحة فريد جبران/ref> In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minorities (Lebanon)
In Lebanese politics Minorities ( ar, أقليات ''’Aqaliyāt'') is a term that includes six different Christian sects; Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholics, Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Catholics, Latin Catholics and Coptic Orthodox.''Daily Star''. Minority sects demand greater representation in Parliament'Assyrian International News Agency. ' 1 of the 128 seats in the national parliament is allocated to Minorities (all seats in the Lebanese parliament are allocated to different confessional groups). The Minorities' seat is elected from Beirut III electoral district, an electoral district with a large Sunni Muslim majority (65.25% of the registered voters). According to data released by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities in 2011 (not an official census as such), there were 42,715 registered Minorities voters (1.28% of all registered voters in the country). Electoral districts with significant Minorities populations were Beirut I 10,063 voters (11.0% of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dar Mreisse
Dar or DAR may refer to: Settlements * Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania and East Africa * Dar, Azerbaijan, a village * Dar, Iran, a village People * Dar (tribe), a Kashmiri tribe in India and Pakistan * Aleem Dar, Pakistani cricketer and international umpire * Ami Dar, Israeli-American nonprofit leader * Asif Dar, Pakistani-Canadian boxer * Abdul Majeed Dar, commander of Hizbul Mujahideen * Igal Dar (1936–1977), Israeli basketball player * Mukhtar Dar, Pakistani-born artist and activist * Noam Dar, Israeli-Scottish professional wrestler * William Dar (born 1953), Filipino horticulturist and government administrator * Dar Lyon, an English first-class cricketer * Dar Robinson, American stunt performer and actor * Dar Williams, folk-pop artist Fictional characters * Dar, the main character in the 1982 fantasy film '' The Beastmaster'' and the 1999–2002 Canadian ''Beastmaster '' TV series * Dar Adal, one of the main characters in the TV series ''Homeland'' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minet El Hosn , an archaeological term relating to flint tools
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Minet may refer to: People *Bernard Minet, French singer and actor *Pierre Minet, French poet *William Minet (1851-1933), British landowner and philanthropist Places *Minet Country Park, London, UK *Minet el-Beida, a bay north of Latakia, Syria * Minet el Hosn, an ancient city located in what is now Beirut Other *Minet ed Dhalia point A Minet ed Dhalia point or stylet is an archaeological term for an elongated, isosceles triangle made with pressure flaking on both faces of a piece of flint. They are predominantly found at sites in Lebanon (ancient Canaan). They are the type to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Al-Asaad
Ahmad El-Assaad or Ahmad Al-As'ad ( ar, أحمد الأسعد) (1902 – 16 March 1961) was Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament from 5 June 1951, till 30 May 1953. Life Family background El-Assaad was the scion of a Shia feudal dynasty, which was established by Ali Al-Saghir in the 17th century after the execution of the Druze leader Fakhreddine II by the Ottoman leadership. The El-Assaad-clan of the Ali Al-Saghir-family went on to dominate the area of Jabal Amel (modern-day Southern Lebanon) for almost three centuries, with their base originally in Tayibe, Marjeyoun District. When the 1858 Ottoman Land reforms led to the accumulated ownership of large tracts of land by a few families upon the expense of the peasants, the Al-As'ad descendants of the rural Ali al-Saghir dynasty expanded their fief holdings as the provincial leaders in Jabal Amel. During the French colonial ruler over Greater Lebanon (1920-1943) the mandatory regime gave Shiite feudal families like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artin Madoyan
Artin Madoyan ( hy, Արթին Մադոյան) (born 10 April 1904 in Adana) was a Lebanese- Armenian communist politician. He was the most prominent Armenian leader of the Lebanese Communist Party. He was seen as the 'right hand' of Syrian communist leader Khalid Bakdash. Youth Madoyan was the son of a refugee shoe-maker from Adana. In his youth Madoyan was a Huntchag, but later became a communist. He studied in Istanbul and was a member of the Huntchag Social Democratic Students Union. Madoyan befriended Bedik Torossian, who later became a leader of the Armenian Communist Party. Spartak and foundation of the Communist Party In the summer of 1922 Madoyan moved to Beirut, where his family had sought refuge. In 1922 the Huntchag Social Democratic Students Union set up a branch in Beirut with Madoyan as its secretary. In 1923 the Huntchag Students Union branch was dissolved as Madoyan and Haykazun Boyadian founded the Armenian communist organization ''Spartak Youth''. The orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanese Communist Party
The Lebanese Communist Party (LCP), abbr. PCL is a communist party in Lebanon. It was founded in 1924 by the Lebanese intellectual, writer and reporter Yusuf Yazbek and Fu'ad al-Shamali, a tobacco worker from Bikfaya. History Creation The Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party was a communist party operating in Syria and Lebanon, founded in 1924 by the Lebanese-Egyptian Fu'ad al-Shamali, the Lebanese Yusuf Yazbek and the Armenian Artin Madoyan.Claude Palazzoli, La Syrie - Le rêve et la rupture, Paris, Le Sycomore, 1977 It was the second communist party to be formed in the Levant, after the Communist Party of Palestine. In Lebanon, the party initially used the name "Lebanese People's Party", in an attempt to evade the ban on "Bolshevik" activities. The party was declared illegal by the Mandatory authority at first, but the ban was relaxed under the French Front Populaire government, and again in 1941. The party took a new option of collaboration with the nationalist movement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramgavar
The Armenian Democratic Liberal Party ( hy, Ռամկավար Ազատական Կուսակցութիւն), the Ramgavar Party, (known before 1921 as the Armenakan party) ( hy, Արմենական Կուսակցութիւն), also known by its Armenian initials ( hy, ՌԱԿ ) or its English initials ADL (meaning Armenian Democratic Liberal) is an Armenian political party in the Armenian diaspora including the Middle East, Europe, the Americas and Australia. It was established in Constantinople in 1921 as a result of the unification of 3 political parties: the Armenakan Party, the Liberal Party of the Reformed Hunchakians, and the Constituent Democratic Party. The Armenakan Party was founded in 1885 by Mekertich Portukalian as part of the national movement in Van in the Ottoman Empire. Following the 2003 Armenian parliamentary elections, the party won 2.9% of the popular vote, failing to win any seats. Ever since, the party has lost complete influence in the political lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunchag
The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP) ( hy, Սոցիալ Դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան Կուսակցություն; ՍԴՀԿ, translit=Sots’ial Demokrat Hnch’akyan Kusakts’ut’yun), is the oldest continuously-operating Armenian political party, founded in 1887 by a group of students in Geneva, Switzerland. It was the first socialist party to operate in the Ottoman Empire and in Iran, then known as Persia. Among its founders were Avetis Nazarbekian, Mariam Vardanian, Gevorg Gharadjian, Ruben Khan-Azat, Christopher Ohanian, Gabriel Kafian and Manuel Manuelian. Its original goal was attaining Armenia's independence from the Ottoman Empire during the Armenian national liberation movement. The party is also known as Hentchak, Henchak, Social-Democratic Hentchaks, Huntchakians, Hnchakian, Henchags, and its name is taken from its newspaper '' Hunchak,'' meaning "clarion" or "bell". This is taken by party members to represent "a call or awakening, for enlightenm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
