Strong Lebanon
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Tashnaq
Strong Lebanon تكتل لبنان القوي | |
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| Legislature(s) | Parliament of Lebanon |
| Foundation | 8 May 2018 |
| Previous name(s) | Change and Reform bloc |
| Member parties | Free Patriotic Movement Tashnaq |
| President | Gebran Bassil |
| Constituency | |
| Representation | 13 / 128 (10%) |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Civic nationalism |
| Political position | Government |
Strong Lebanon (Arabic: تكتل لبنان القوي) 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[1] and shrunk to 17 deputies after the 2022 Lebanese general election.[2]
2018–2022 session deputies
Timeline
17 out of 29 MP from the bloc voted for Nabih Berri in the 2018 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election.
Elie Ferzli was elected as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon.
At the beginning of the 17 October Revolution, Neemat Frem, Chamel Roukoz and Michel Moawad left the bloc.[3]
After the 2020 Beirut explosion, Michel Daher left the bloc.[4]
In April 2021, Elie Ferzli left the bloc.[5]
On 1 March 2022, MP Hikmat Dib resigned from FPM causing the bloc to shrink to 23 MP.[6]