Michel Naim Aoun is a Lebanese politician and former general who served as the 13th president of Lebanon from 31 October 2016 to 30 October 2022.
The Free Patriotic Movement is a Lebanese political party. Founded by Michel Aoun in 1994, the party is currently led by Aoun's son-in-law Gebran Bassil since 2015.
Carlos Eddé is a Lebanese politician. He was the honorary president of Lebanese National Bloc.
The March 8 Alliance is a loose coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that are united by their pro-Ba'athist Syria stance and their opposition to the former March 14 Alliance. It was the ruling coalition in Lebanon with the government headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati from June 2011 until March 2013. Main parties of the March 8 Alliance are part of the third Cabinet of Najib Mikati since 2021.
The Independence Movement is a sovereigntist, reformist and secular center-right political party based in Zgharta, Lebanon, founded in 2006 by Michel René Moawad, son of the assassinated Lebanese President President René Moawad and first lady Nayla Moawad; a formal Member of the Lebanese Parliament.
The Skaff Bloc or Popular Bloc, led by Myriam Skaff, is a political party and an electoral coalition in the Lebanese Parliament that aligned with the Free Patriotic Movement from 2005 to 2009.
Gebran Gerge Bassil is a Lebanese politician who is the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement since 2015 and leader of the Strong Lebanon bloc in the Lebanese parliament since 2018. A Maronite Christian, he is the son-in-law of former President Michel Aoun, and has been his most senior advisor since 2005.
Mario Aoun is a Lebanese physician and politician. He was a member of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) led by Michel Aoun. He was the minister of social affairs between 2008 and 2009.
Michel Moawad is a Lebanese politician. He is a member of the Renewal Bloc in the Lebanese Parliament representing the Zgharta District. Since his election to Parliament, he has been also elected as a member of the parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee and is currently the executive director of the René Moawad Foundation.
Elias Nicolas Bou Saab is a Lebanese politician. He was a Minister of National Defense, Advisor to the President of Lebanon Michel Aoun on International Cooperation. He was elected Deputy speaker of the Lebanese parliament on May 31, 2022. He was also a member of the founding board of directors of television station OTV.
Hikmat Dib is a Lebanese Maronite politician of the Free Patriotic Movement. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Saint Joseph University. He was elected to a parliament in the 2009 Lebanese general election and in the 2018 Lebanese general election. He resigned from FPM on 1 March 2022, two months prior to the 2022 Lebanese general election.
Alain Joseph Aoun is a Lebanese politician and former member of the Strong Lebanon bloc in the Lebanese parliament.
The Maarab Agreement is a highly secretive document signed between the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil, and the leader of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea at the latter's headquarters in Maarab, Lebanon on January 18, 2016, which requires Geagea, who had withdrawn from the presidential race, to endorse Michel Aoun's candidacy for the 2016 presidential elections, years after a long dispute that goes back to the Lebanese Civil War. The agreement paved the way for the election of Michel Aoun as president in October that year.
Ibrahim Youssef Kanaan is a Lebanese Maronite lawyer, politician and former member of parliament of the Strong Lebanon bloc.
Development and Liberation is the parliamentary bloc of the Amal Movement and Ba'ath Party in the Parliament of Lebanon. Headed by Nabih Berri, it consists of 15 deputies after the 2022 general election.
Strong Lebanon is the parliamentary bloc of the Free Patriotic Movement and their allies in the Lebanese Parliament. Headed by Gebran Bassil, it consisted of 29 deputies after the 2018 general election and shrunk to 17 deputies after the 2022 Lebanese general election.
Democratic Gathering is the parliamentary bloc of the Progressive Socialist Party in the Lebanese Parliament. Headed by Taymour Jumblatt, it consisted of 9 deputies after the 2018 general election and 8 deputies after the 2022 general election.
An indirect election of the president of Lebanon took place from 29 September 2022 until 9 January 2025 to determine the successor of term-limited incumbent Michel Aoun. The commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, Joseph Aoun, was elected president in the second round of voting of the thirteenth parliamentary session on 9 January 2025, securing 99 votes. He took office on the same day while keeping his position as the commander of the Lebanese Forces, becoming the 14th president and the fifth army commander to assume the role.
Simon Abi Ramia is a Lebanese politician and ex-member of the Strong Lebanon bloc in the Lebanese parliament. He was close to president Michel Aoun and was affiliated with the Free Patriotic Movement. He was also the chairman of the parliamentary commission of youth and sports.
The Independent Consultative Gathering or Independent Parliamentary Consultative Gathering is a parliamentary bloc in the Lebanese parliament formed in 2024 by four former members of the Free Patriotic Movement's Strong Lebanon bloc—Elias Bou Saab, Alain Aoun, Ibrahim Kanaan, and Simon Abi Ramia.
