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Lebanese General Election, 1968 In Beirut II
Voting to elect three members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Beirut II district (one of three electoral districts in the city) on March 24, 1968, part of the national general election of that year. The constituency had 34,113 eligible voters, out of whom 17,004 voted. Beirut II, which was a sort of 'buffer zone' between the Christian and Muslim districts of the city, filled 1 Sunni Muslim seat, 1 Shia Muslim seat and 1 seat for Minorities (for more information about the Lebanese election system, see Elections in Lebanon). There was one multi-candidate ticket with three names, headed by Adnan al-Hakim. Twelve other candidates ran on individual tickets. The elections in Beirut II passed smoothly without violent incidents, but rumours of purchasing of votes flourished.Zuwiyya, Jalal. The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968'. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 13, 17-20 The three candidates on the Adnan al-Hakim ticket were elected, with seven to eight thousand votes apiece. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beirut II (1960)
Beirut II was a parliamentary constituency in Lebanon. It covered three neighbourhoods (''quartiers'') of the capital; Dar El Mreisse, Zuqaq al-Blat and Bachoura. Michael Hudson described Beirut II as a 'small "catch-all" district'. This constituency was used in the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 elections. 1960 Election Law The constituency was established as part of the 1960 Election Law. In the 1957 parliamentary election Beirut had been divided into two constituencies, and Dar El Mreisse, Zuqaq al-Blat and Bachoura had been part of the same constituency as Minet el Hosn, Port, Ras Beirut and Medawar. The issue of the delimitations of the Beirut constituencies had been contested, but an agreement between Christian and Muslim leaders was reached on February 23, 1960, by which there was agreement that Beirut II would be assigned two Muslim seats and one Maronite seat. The Election Law was passed in April 1960, with three seats for Beirut II (1 Sunni, 1 Shia, 1 Minorities). Demographi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Lebanese General Election
General elections were held in Lebanon between 24 March and 7 April 1968. Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although many of them were considered to be members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 49.6%. Politically the election was a confrontation between the mainly christian Tripartite Alliance and Chehabists candidates. Background According to the 1960 constitution, the 99 seats were divided amongst ethnic and religious groups: Inter-Parliamentary Union Results Electoral districts Marjeyoun-Hasbaya The district has 4 seats allocated to 2 Shiites, 1 Sunni and 1 Greek Orthodox Christian. There were eleven candidates in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunni Muslim
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word ''Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagreement over the succession to Muhammad and subsequently acquired broader political significance, as well as theological and juridical dimensions. According to Sunni traditions, Muhammad left no successor and the participants of the Saqifah event appointed Abu Bakr as the next-in-line (the first caliph). This contrasts with the Shia view, which holds that Muhammad appointed his son-in-law and cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor. The adherents of Sunni Islam are referred to in Arabic as ("the people of the Sunnah and the community") or for short. In English, its doctrines and practices are sometimes called ''Sunnism'', while adherents are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis, Sunnites and Ahlus Sunnah. Sunni Islam is sometimes referred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shia Muslim
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most notably at the event of Ghadir Khumm, but was prevented from succeeding Muhammad as the leader of the Muslims as a result of the choice made by some of Muhammad's other companions (''ṣaḥāba'') at Saqifah. This view primarily contrasts with that of Sunnī Islam, whose adherents believe that Muhammad did not appoint a successor before his death and consider Abū Bakr, who was appointed caliph by a group of senior Muslims at Saqifah, to be the first rightful (''rāshidūn'') caliph after Muhammad. Adherents of Shīʿa Islam are called Shīʿa Muslims, Shīʿītes, or simply Shīʿa or Shia. Shīʿa Islam is based on a ''ḥadīth'' report concerning Muhammad's pronouncement at Ghadir Khumm.Esposito, John. "What Everyone Needs to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Lebanon
Elections in Lebanon are allotted to occur every four years. Every citizen is allowed to vote, but the positions are constitutionally allocated by religious affiliation. In 2014, the Parliament failed to elect a president and extended its own term. Parliamentary electoral system Lebanon's national legislature is called the Chamber of Deputies ( ar, مجلس النواب, Majlis An-Nouwab). Since the elections of 1992 (the first since the reforms of the Taif Agreement of 1989) removed the built-in majority previously enjoyed by Christians, the Parliament is composed of 128 seats with a term of four years. Seats in the Parliament are ''confessionally distributed'' but elected by ''universal suffrage.'' Each religious community has an allotted number of seats in the Parliament (see the table below). They do not represent only their co-religionists, however; all candidates in a particular constituency, regardless of religious affiliation, must receive a plurality of the total vote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adnan Al-Hakim
Adnan Al-Hakim (died May 26, 1990) was the leader of the Najjadeh Party, an Arab nationalist party in Lebanon, for more than 30 years. He defined the politics of the party significantly. He was elected to parliament in 1956, and again in 1960 and 1968. Gallery Image:Adnan_Hakim_Jamal_Abdel_Nasser.jpg, Adnan Al-Hakim with Gamal Abdel Nasser Image:Adnan_Hakim_Airport.jpg, Adnan Hakim welcomed at the airport Image:Najjadeh Board.jpg, Najjadeh Party By the name "the rescuers" or "the helpers" ( ar, حزب النجادة , ''Hizb An-Najjadah'', ''Najjadah'', ''Najjadeh'' or ''Najjada'') is an Arab nationalist political party that appeared in Lebanon during the 1930s. Origins Lebanon in th ... General Secretary References External linksNajjadeh Party Official Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najjadeh Party
By the name "the rescuers" or "the helpers" ( ar, حزب النجادة , ''Hizb An-Najjadah'', ''Najjadah'', ''Najjadeh'' or ''Najjada'') is an Arab nationalist political party that appeared in Lebanon during the 1930s. Origins Lebanon in the 1930s witnessed the emergence of two paramilitary youth sport organizations of sectarian cast with clear fascist tendencies in Beirut and other Lebanese cities, the Lebanese Phalanges led by Pierre Gemayel and the Najjadah. The latter began its existence in 1933-34 as a Sunni Muslim boy-scouts organization founded and led by Muhi al-Din al-Nasuli, the editor of the influential pan-Arabist Muslim newspaper ''Bayrut'', with the purpose of protecting the Muslim community and to act as a counterweight to the Phalangists. . He often criticized the "moral chaos" in public life and adopted the supremacist motto "Arabism Above All" on his own newspaper's masthead. Al-Nasuli's ''Bayrut'' also published glowing accounts of German youth's supp ... [...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] |
National Struggle Front
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Progressive Socialist Party
The Progressive Socialist Party ( ar, الحزب التقدمي الاشتراكي, translit=al-Hizb al-Taqadummi al-Ishtiraki) is a Lebanese political party. Its confessional base is in the Lebanese Druze, Druze sect and its regional base is in Mount Lebanon Governorate, especially the Chouf District. Founded by Kamal Jumblatt in 1949, the party has been led by his son Walid Jumblatt, Walid since 1977. Origins The party was founded on 5 January 1949, and registered on 17 March the same year, under notification N°789. The founders comprised six individuals, all of different backgrounds. The most notable of these was Kamal Jumblatt. The others were Farid Jubran, Albert Adeeb, Abdallah al-Alayli, Abdallah Alayli, Fouad Rizk, and George Hanna. The PSP held the first conference for the Socialist Arab Parties in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Iraq in Beirut in 1951. From 1951 through 1972 the party had between three and six deputies in parliament. The PSP in the Lebanese Civil War (1975 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sami As-Solh
Sami Solh or Sami El Solh ( ar, سامي الصلح) (1887–1968) was a Lebanese Sunni Muslim politician. He was a relative of former Lebanese prime ministers Riad Solh, Takieddine Solh and Rachid Solh. He served as Prime Minister of Lebanon five times (1942–43, 1945–46, 1952, 1954–55, and 1956–58). Biography Solh was born into a Sunni family in 1887. He grew up in Turkey, Greece, and Lebanon. Solh survived many assassination attempts two of which occurred on 20 April and 29 July 1958 while he was serving as the prime minister. He also held the portfolio of defense minister in 1957 and 1958. Solh married Balqis Rida Solh who was the sister of the Prime Minister Riad Solh. He spoke French, Arabic, Greek and Turkish. Honours One of the most prominent avenues in Beirut, next to the Ministry of Justice, is named Boulevard Sami El Solh. In 2018, a Lebanese stamp was created dedicated to the prime minister. * Knight Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Yoke and Arrows o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takieddine Solh
Takieddin el-Solh (also Takieddin Solh, Takieddin as-Solh; ar, تقي الدين الصلح) (1908 – 27 November 1988) was a Lebanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1973 to 1974, and again briefly in 1980. El-Solh was born in Sidon, Lebanon. A Sunni Muslim, he was a legislator representing the Beqaa Valley from 1957–60 and 1964–68. From 1964–65, he was Minister of the Interior in the Government of Hussein al-Oweini. In 1973, President Suleiman Frangieh named him Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. He served as Prime Minister until 1974, when he was succeeded by Rachid Solh. In July 1980, President Elias Sarkis asked el-Solh to form a government, but he was unable to do so and resigned in October. His wife was Fadwa Barazi El-Solh. Takieddin was known for wearing the tarboush The fez (, ), also called tarboosh ( ar, طربوش, translit=ṭarbūš, derived from fa, سرپوش, translit=sarpuš, lit=cap), is a felt headdre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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