Solidarity Party (Lebanon)

Solidarity Party حزب التضامن
Abbreviation	Tadamon
Leader	Emile Rahme
Founder	Emile Rahme
Founded	1985
Headquarters	Deir El Ahmar
Ideology	Liberalism
National affiliation	March 8 Alliance
Parliament of Lebanon	0 / 128
Cabinet of Lebanon	0 / 30
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The Solidarity Party (Hizb Al-Tadamon Al-Lubnany; Arabic:حزب التضامن اللبناني) is a Lebanese political party established in 1985 and by Emile Rahme and part of the March 8 Alliance.^[1] It had one seat in the 2009 Lebanese elections.^[2] Emile Rahme, who was in 2000 an external candidate in Bsharri District, was elected deputy for the Maronite seat of Baalbek-Hermel District in 2009. In 2018 and again in 2022, he lost his seat to the Lebanese Forces candidate Antoine Habchi.^[3]

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

1. Sami Moubayed (11 August 2010). "Lebanese back Hezbollah chief Nasrallah's stance". Gulf News. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
2. Lebanon Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments. Int'l Business Publications. 3 March 2012. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-4387-7482-4.
3. "دائرة البقاع الثالثه".

• Jean-Marc Aractingi, La Politique à mes trousses, Editions l'Harmattan, Paris, 2006, Lebanon Chapter (ISBN 978-2-296-00469-6).