Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc
Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc | |
|---|---|
| Chamber | Parliament of Lebanon |
| Member parties | Hezbollah |
| President | Mohammad Raad |
| Representation | 15 / 128 (12%) |
| Part of a series on |
| Hezbollah |
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The Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc (
Arabic: كتلة الوفاء للمقاومة) is the political wing of Hezbollah in the Parliament of Lebanon.[1] Along with Amal, it dominates the March 8 Alliance and has held two seats in the Lebanese cabinet since 2012.[2][3] The party is currently led by Hezbollah member and prominent Shi'a politician Mohammad Raad.[4]
Historical membership
| Election | Seats | Change | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
1992
|
12 / 128 (9%)
|
 12
|
[citation needed] |
1996
|
9 / 128 (7%)
|
 3
|
[citation needed] |
2000
|
12 / 128 (9%)
|
3
|
[citation needed] |
2005
|
14 / 128 (11%)
|
2
|
[citation needed] |
2009
|
13 / 128 (10%)
|
1
|
[5] |
2018
|
13 / 128 (10%)
|
|
[6] |
| 2022 | 15 / 128 (12%)
|
2
|
Affiliated MPs
2009 election
The Bloc won 13 of the 128 seats in the 2009 general election:[5]
| Name | Party/Bloc | District | Religion | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Ammar | Hezbollah | Baabda | Shia
|
Nephew of Mahmoud Ammar |
| Bilal Farhat | Hezbollah | Baabda | Shia
|
|
Mohammad Fneish
|
Hezbollah | Tyre | Shia
|
Cabinet member – Minister of Sports and Youth |
| Nawwaf Moussawi | Hezbollah | Tyre | Shia
|
|
| Hassan Fadlallah | Hezbollah | Bint Jbeil | Shia
|
|
| Mohammad Raad | Hezbollah | Nabatieh | Shia
|
|
| Ali Fayyad | Hezbollah | Marjeyoun
|
Shia
|
|
| Hussein Moussawi | Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Shia
|
|
Hussein el Hage Hassan
|
Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Shia
|
Cabinet member – Minister of Industry |
Nawwar el Sahili
|
Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Shia
|
|
| Ali Mekdad | Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Shia
|
|
| Elwalid Succariyeh | Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Sunni[7]
|
|
| Kamel al-Rifai | Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Sunni
|
2018 election
The Bloc won 12 of the 128 seats in the 2018 general election:[6][8]
| Name | Party/Bloc | District | Religion | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Ammar | Hezbollah | Baabda | Shia
|
Nephew of Mahmoud Ammar |
| Amin Sherri | Hezbollah | Beirut II | Shia
|
|
| Nawwaf Moussawi | Hezbollah | Tyre/Zahrani | Shia
|
|
| Hussein Jashi | Hezbollah | Tyre/Zahrani | Shia
|
|
| Hassan Fadlallah | Hezbollah | Bint Jbeil | Shia
|
|
| Mohammad Raad | Hezbollah | Nabatieh | Shia
|
|
| Ali Fayyad | Hezbollah | Marjeyoun
|
Shia
|
|
| Anwar Jomma | Hezbollah | Zahle
|
Shia
|
|
Hussein el Hage Hassan
|
Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Shia
|
|
| Ibrahim Mousawi | Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Shia
|
|
| Ali Mekdad | Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Shia
|
|
| Ihab Hamadeh | Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Shia
|
2022 election
| Name | Party/Bloc | District | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Ammar | Hezbollah | Baabda | Shia
|
| Amin Sherri | Hezbollah | Beirut II | Shia
|
| Raed Berro | Hezbollah | Jbeil | Shia
|
| Hassan Ezzidine | Hezbollah | Tyre/Zahrani | Shia
|
| Hussein Jashi | Hezbollah | Tyre/Zahrani | Shia
|
| Hassan Fadlallah | Hezbollah | Bint Jbeil | Shia
|
| Mohammad Raad | Hezbollah | Nabatieh | Shia
|
| Ali Fayyad | Hezbollah | Marjeyoun
|
Shia
|
| Rami Hamdan | Hezbollah | Zahle
|
Shia
|
| Yanal Al Solh | Independent | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Sunni |
| Melhem Houjari | Independent | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Sunni |
Hussein el Hage Hassan
|
Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Shia
|
| Ibrahim Mousawi | Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Shia
|
| Ali Mekdad | Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Shia
|
| Ihab Hamadeh | Hezbollah | Baalbeck/Hermil
|
Shia
|
References
- ^ "Fadlallah Hits Back at March 14 over Karam Release, Marouni Slams "Treason Accusations"". Naharnet. April 18, 2013.
- ^ "Members of Lebanon's new government". The Daily Star. February 15, 2014.
- ^ "Lebanon announces cabinet line-up under chairmanship of Hariri". Kuwait News Network. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
- ^ "Hezbollah's Raad slams UN chief". Now Lebanon. January 16, 2012. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012.
- ^ a b "March14 - March 8 MPs". Now Lebanon. June 11, 2009. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ a b "Interior Ministry releases numbers of votes for new MPs". The Daily Star. May 9, 2018. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ^ "Final Report on the Lebanese Parliamentary Election" (PDF).
- ^ "The official results of the 2018 Lebanese parliamentary election". the961.com. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-17.