The Solidarity Party (''Hizb Al-Tadamon Al-Lubnany'';

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:حزب التضامن اللبناني) is a

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established in 1985 and by

Emile Rahme Emile Rahme ( ar, إميل رحمة) is a Maronite Lebanese ex-member of parliament representing the Baalbeck- Hermil district between 2009–2018. He is the leader of the Solidarity Party and is part of Sleiman Frangieh's Marada bloc also called ...

and part of the

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. It had one seat in the

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. Emile Rahme, who was in 2000 an external candidate in

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, was elected deputy for the Maronite seat of

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District in 2009. In

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and again in

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, he lost his seat to the

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candidate Antoine Habchi. In 1986 and till now, it is an active member in the Maronite Union. Rahme is also considered an active member in the National Christian Union Committee since 2008.

References

* Jean-Marc Aractingi, ''La Politique à mes trousses'', Editions l'Harmattan, Paris, 2006, Lebanon Chapter (). {{Authority control Catholic political parties Christian political parties in Lebanon March 8 Alliance Political parties in Lebanon Lebanese Maronites