March 14 Alliance

March 14 Alliance
March 14 Alliance; تحالف ١٤ آذار
Leader	Saad Hariri, Samy Gemayel, Samir Geagea
General Secretary	Fares Souhaid
Founded	2005
Headquarters	Beirut
Ideology	Anti-Syrian government; Nonsectarianism; Lebanese nationalism
Political position	Big tent
Colors	Red, White
Parliament of Lebanon	39 / 128
Cabinet of Lebanon	0 / 30
Website
	14march.org
	Politics of Lebanon; Political parties; Elections;

The March 14 Alliance (Arabic: تحالف 14 آذار‎, romanized: taḥāluf 14 adhār), named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that are united by their anti-Syrian[1][2][3] stance and by their opposition to the March 8 Alliance. It is led by Saad Hariri, second son of Rafic Hariri, as well as other prominent figures.

Parties that left the alliance

The Free Patriotic Movement of General Michel Aoun left the informal grouping before the 2005 general election, before March 14 was an established alliance, due to major disagreements. After the 2005 elections, The Free Patriotic Movement was the sole political opposition, but was joined one year later by the pro-Syrian government March 8 Alliance in November 2006.

The National Liberal Party left the 14 March movement the 22 December 2016.

2006 Lebanon War

On 12 July 2006, the 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah started. During the war, the 14 of March Coalition took a stance against Hezbollah accusing the armed party of causing the war on Lebanon. However, Hezbollah claimed that Israel preplanned such a war, supposed to be waged on September during the annual rally Hezbollah holds on the International Qods (Jerusalem) Day.

The 14th of March coalition, amidst the war, urged Hezbollah to hand over their weapons, accusing the party of causing the war on Lebanon.

During the first few days of the war, former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Beirut and held a meeting with the 14th of March coalition and declared afterwards that a new Middle East will be born after this war, saying: "It's time for a new Middle East". Rice and Fouad Siniora met during her visit to Lebanon.

Claims

The principal political claims of the March 14 Alliance are:

The exile of the former President Émile Lahoud, reputed an illegitimate president under the Syrian regime in September 2004.
Institution of a court for a case against Prime Minister Rafic Hariri's killers.
Pacification with Syria and review of the Syrian-Lebanese borders.
Opposition to the Syrian interference in Lebanon.
Institution of a weapons government monopoly, disarmament of Hezbollah and review control of the Lebanese Armed Forces by the President and general Michel Suleiman and the police by the Prime Minister.

Member parties

Party		Ideology	Demographic base	Party seats
Represented parties
	Future Movement	Conservative liberalism	Sunni Muslims	20 / 128
	Lebanese Forces	Lebanese nationalism, Conservatism	Maronite Christians	15 / 128
	Kataeb Party	Phoenicianism, Christian democracy	Maronite Christians	3 / 128
	Independence Movement	Lebanese nationalism	Nonsectarian (official) Maronite Christians (majority)	1 / 128
Unrepresented parties
	National Bloc	Social liberalism, Lebanese nationalism Historical: Liberal conservatism	Nonsectarian (official) Maronite Christians (majority)	0 / 128
	National Liberal Party	National liberalism	Nonsectarian (official) Christians (majority)	0 / 128
	Democratic Left Movement	Social democracy	Nonsectarian (official)	0 / 128
	Democratic Renewal	Social liberalism	Nonsectarian (official)	0 / 128
	Hunchakian Party	Social democracy, Democratic socialism, Armenian interests	Armenians	0 / 128
	Ramgavar Party	Classical liberalism, Armenian interests	Armenians	0 / 128
	Islamic Group	Islamic democracy, Pan-Islamism	Sunni Muslims	0 / 128
	Free Shia Movement	Islamic democracy	Shia Muslims	0 / 128
	Syriac Union Party	Assyrian self-determination	Assyrians (Nonsectarian)	0 / 128
	Shuraya Party	Assyrian self-determination	Assyrians (Christians)	0 / 128

2018 legislative elections

The alliance gathered 47 seats out of 128 (37%), in the 2018 legislative elections.

Name	Party	District	Religion
Saad Hariri	Future Movement	Beirut II	Sunni
Nohad Machnouk	Future Movement	Beirut II	Sunni
Rola Tabsh Jaroudi	Future Movement	Beirut II	Sunni
Tamam Salam	Future Movement	Beirut II	Sunni
Nazih Najem	Future Movement	Beirut II	Greek Orthodox
Walid Baarini	Future Movement	Akkar	Sunni
Tarek El Merhebi	Future Movement	Akkar	Sunni
Mohamed Sleiman	Future Movement	Akkar	Sunni
Hadi Hobeich	Future Movement	Akkar	Maronite
Sami Fatfat	Future Movement	Dinniyeh	Sunni
Othman Alameddine	Future Movement	Minyeh	Sunni
Samir Jisr	Future Movement	Tripoli	Sunni
Mohamed Kabara	Future Movement	Tripoli	Sunni
Dima Jamali	Future Movement	Tripoli	Sunni
Mohamed Hajjar	Future Movement	Chouf	Sunni
Bahia Hariri	Future Movement	Saida	Sunni
Mohamed Karaawi	Future Movement	West Bekaa Rashaya	Sunni
Bakr Hujeiri	Future Movement	Baalbeck Hermel	Sunni
Assem Araji	Future Movement	Zahle	Sunni
Henri Chedid	Independent	West Bekaa Rashaya	Maronite
Michel Moawad	Independence Movement	Zgharta	Maronite
Imad Wakim	Lebanese Forces	Beirut I	Greek Orthodox
Wehbe Katicha	Lebanese Forces	Akkar	Greek Orthodox
Fady Saad	Lebanese Forces	Batroun	Maronite
Sethrida Tawk	Lebanese Forces	Bsharri	Maronite
Joseph Ishac	Lebanese Forces	Bsharri	Maronite
Ziad Hawat	Lebanese Forces	Byblos	Maronite
Chawki Daccache	Lebanese Forces	Keserwan	Maronite
Eddy Abillama	Lebanese Forces	Metn	Maronite
Pierre Bou Assi	Lebanese Forces	Baabda	Maronite
Anis Nassar	Lebanese Forces	Aley	Greek Orthodox
Georges Adwan	Lebanese Forces	Chouf	Maronite
Georges Okeis	Lebanese Forces	Zahle	Greek Catholic
Antoine Habchi	Lebanese Forces	Baalbeck Hermel	Maronite
Jean Talouzian	Independent	Beirut I	Armenian Catholic
Cesar Maalouf	Independent	Zahle	Greek Orthodox
Nadim Gemayel	Kataeb	Beirut I	Maronite
Samy Gemayel	Kataeb	Metn	Maronite
Elias Hankash	Kataeb	Metn	Maronite

References

"March 14 Alliance" (PDF). Reut Institute. 12 December 2006.
Jacob, C. (21 March 2019). "As U.S. Secretary Of State Pompeo Prepares To Visit Lebanon, Hizbullah Is In Complete Control Of Lebanese Government – And The March 14 Camp, Saudi Arabia, And U.S. Have Cooperated With It And Come To Terms With The Situation". Middle East Media Research Institute.
Moubayed, Sami (6 May 2018). "After 9 years, Lebanon goes to the polls". Gulf News.

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[1] "March 14 Alliance" (PDF). Reut Institute. 12 December 2006.

[2] Jacob, C. (21 March 2019). "As U.S. Secretary Of State Pompeo Prepares To Visit Lebanon, Hizbullah Is In Complete Control Of Lebanese Government – And The March 14 Camp, Saudi Arabia, And U.S. Have Cooperated With It And Come To Terms With The Situation". Middle East Media Research Institute.

[3] Moubayed, Sami (6 May 2018). "After 9 years, Lebanon goes to the polls". Gulf News.