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Azm Movement

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Azm Movement
تيار العزم
AbbreviationTA
LeaderNajib Mikati
Founded2004
HeadquartersTripoli
Parliament of Lebanon
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Cabinet of Lebanon
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Website
www.azmtayyar.org/Public

The Azm Movement (Arabic: تيار العزم) is a political party in Lebanon, founded and led by Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Miqati.[1][2] It currently has no members in parliament after the 2022 Lebanese general election.

As of 2018 Haitham Ezzedine served as coordinator of the Azm Movement in Akkar.[3]

History

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The Azm Movement participated in the parliamentary elections of 2000 and 2009 by nominating its leader, Najib Mikati, in the Tripoli constituency, for the Sunni seat, and was able to win both times.

Najib Mikati

The party participated in the 2018 parliamentary elections in the Minnieh, Dinnieh, Tripoli electoral district, which was conducted according to the new proportional system, and announced the formation of a list called "List of Determination",[citation needed] which ranked second in Tripoli with more than 40,000 votes[citation needed] and the party won four seats:

Najib Mikati for the Sunni seat; Ali Darwish for the Alawite seat; Jean Obeid for the Maronite seat and Nicolas Nahas for the Eastern Orthodox seat.[citation needed] Jean Obeid died during his term in 2021.[4]

The Azm Movement did not get any seats in the Lebanese 2022 parliamentary election.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Political Party Mapping in Lebanon Ahead of the 2018 Elections Archived 2018-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Albabawa. Municipal lists still remain unclear for Tripoli: Lebanon elections
  3. ^ مَن ينتخب تيار العزم في عكار؟. Al-Modon
  4. ^ Sakr, Elias (8 February 2021). "Lebanese member of parliament Jean Obeid dies of Covid-19". The National.
  5. ^ "2022 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections: Key Results | United Nations Development Programme". UNDP.
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