Lebanese Democratic Party

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Lebanese Democratic Party الحزب الديمقراطي اللبناني
Flag of the LDP
Abbreviation	LDP
Leader	Prince Talal Arslan
Vice Charman	Marwan Abou Fadel
Founder	Prince Talal Arslan
Founded	1 July 2001
Headquarters	Choueifat, Lebanon
Ideology	Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	March 8 Alliance
Parliament of Lebanon	0 / 128
Cabinet of Lebanon	2 / 20
Website
Official Site
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The Lebanese Democratic Party (Arabic: الحزب الديمقراطي اللبناني, romanized: al-ḥizb ad-dīmuqrāṭī al-Lubnānī) is a political party in Lebanon established by Prince Talal Arslan and Marwan Abou Fadel in 2001. Prince Talal is the son of Lebanese Druze leader Emir Magid Arslan and has presided over the party ever since its establishment.

The Lebanese Democratic Party is officially secular and has members from all Lebanese sects, but most of its support comes from the Druze, who support the Arslan family. It is part of the March 8 Alliance.

The party was represented in the Lebanese parliament in 2000 and in 2009. In the General elections of 2009, Talal Arslan won a seat in the Parliament representing the Aley district, and Fadi Awar the one representing the Baabda district.^[1]

References

^ "Political Party Mapping in Lebanon Ahead of the 2018 Elections". Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. p. 7. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

Political parties in Lebanon

Ministers (24)

March 8 Alliance (16)	Amal Movement (3) Hezbollah (2) Free Patriotic Movement (6) Lebanese Democratic Party (1) Marada Movement (2) Syrian Social Nationalist Party (1) Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnag) (1)
March 14 Alliance (3)	Future Movement (2) Lebanese Forces (0) Progressive Socialist Party (1)
Others (5)	PM's share (5)

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March 8 Alliance (60)	Free Patriotic Movement (17) Amal Movement (14) Hezbollah (13) Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnag) (3) Marada Movement (2) Al-Ahbash (2) Ba'ath Party (1) Dignity Movement (1) Popular Nasserist Organization (1) Union Party (1) Independent (5)
March 14 Alliance (38)	Lebanese Forces (19) Future Movement (8) Kataeb Party (4) Independence Movement (2) National Liberal Party (1) Islamic group (1) Independent (3)
17 October Revolution (13)	Taqaddom (2) Lebanese Communist Party (1) Beirut Tuqawem (1) Tahalof Watani (1) Khatt Ahmar (1) Lana (1) Osos Lebanon (1) ReLebanon (1)
Others (10)	Progressive Socialist Party (8) Popular Nasserist Organization (1) National Dialogue Party (1)

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