Strong Republic (Lebanon)

Strong Republic (Arabic: تكتل الجمهورية القوية) is the parliamentary bloc of the Lebanese Forces in the Lebanese Parliament. Headed by Georges Adwan, it consisted of 15 deputies after the 2018 general election and expanded to 19 deputies after the 2022 general election.[1]

Election summary

Name	Election Area	Political Affiliation	Sect
Farid Habib	Koura	Lebanese Forces	Greek Orthodox
Antoine Moussa Zahra	Batroun	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Sethrida Tawk	Bsharri	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Elie Keyrouz	Bsharri	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Georges Adwan	Chouf	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Edmond Naim	Baabda	Independent	Maronite

Name	Election Area	Political Affiliation	Sect
Farid Habib	Koura	Lebanese Forces	Greek Orthodox
Antoine Moussa Zahra	Batroun	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Sethrida Tawk	Bsharri	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Elie Keyrouz	Bsharri	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Georges Adwan	Chouf	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Tony Abou Khater	Zahle	Lebanese Forces	Greek Catholic
Shant Chinchinian	Zahle	Independent	Armenian Orthodox
Joseph Maalouf	Zahle	Independent	Greek Orthodox

Name	Election Area	Political Affiliation	Sect
Imad Wakim	Beirut I	Lebanese Forces	Greek Orthodox
Wehbe Katicha	Akkar	Lebanese Forces	Greek Orthodox
Fady Saad	Batroun	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Sethrida Tawk	Bsharri	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Joseph Ishac	Bsharri	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Ziad Hawat	Byblos	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Chawki Daccache	Keserwan	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Eddy Abillammaa	Metn	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Pierre Bou Assi	Baabda	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Anis Nassar	Aley	Lebanese Forces	Greek Orthodox
Georges Adwan	Chouf	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Georges Okeis	Zahle	Lebanese Forces	Greek Catholic
Antoine Habchi	Baalbeck Hermel	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Jean Talouzian	Beirut I	Independent	Armenian Catholic
Cesar Maalouf	Zahle	Independent	Greek Orthodox

Name	Election Area	Political Affiliation	Sect
Ghassan Hasbani	Beirut 1	Lebanese Forces	Greek Orthodox
Jihad Pakradouni	Beirut 1	Lebanese Forces	Armenian Orthodox
Elias Khoury	North 2 - Tripoli	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Fadi Karam	North 3 - Koura	Lebanese Forces	Greek Orthodox
Sethrida Geagea	North 3 - Bsharri	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Ghayath Yazbeck	North 3 - Batroun	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Ziad Hawat	Mount Lebanon 1 - Jbeil	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Chawki Daccache	Mount Lebanon 1 - Kesserwan	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Melhem Riachy	Mount Lebanon 2 - Metn	Lebanese Forces	Greek Catholic
Razi El Hage	Mount Lebanon 2 - Metn	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Pierre Bou Assi	Mount Lebanon 3 - Baabda	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Nazih Matta	Mount Lebanon 4 - Aley	Lebanese Forces	Greek Orthodox
Georges Adwan	Mount Lebanon 4 - Chouf	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Ghada Ayoub	South 1 - Jezzine	Lebanese Forces	Greek Catholic
Saiid Asmar	South 1 - Jezzine	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Elias Estephan	Bekaa 1 - Zahle	Lebanese Forces	Greek Orthodox
Georges Okais	Bekaa 1 - Zahle	Lebanese Forces	Greek Catholic
Antoine Habchi	Bekaa 3 - Baalbek-Hermel	Lebanese Forces	Maronite
Camille Dory Chamoun	Mount Lebanon 3 - Baabda	National Liberal Party	Maronite

On 23 January 2006, MP Edmond Naim died.[3]

On 31 May 2012, MP Farid Habib died.[5]

On 15 July 2012, LF candidate Fadi Karam won the by-elections defeating SSNP candidate Walid Al Azar to fill the seat of Farid Habib.[6]

LF MPs didn't vote for Nabih Berri in the 2018 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election for the exception of Cesar Maalouf who was later kicked out of the bloc on 20 August 2021.[7][8]

On 31 August 2020, the entire bloc named Nawaf Salam to form the gov unlike the rest (FPM, FM, HA, Amal, Marada) that named Mustapha Adib by Emmanuel Macron orders.[9]

On 22 October 2020, MP Jean Talouzian was kicked out of the LF bloc when he nominated Saad Hariri to form the gov unlike the rest of the LF bloc.[10]

On 14 September 2022, LF boycotted the parliament session due to Bachir Gemayel assassination memorial.[12]

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