Azm Movement

{{short description|Lebanese political party}}

{{Infobox political party

| country = Lebanon

| abbreviation = TA

| colorcode = {{party color|Azm Movement}}

| name = Azm Movement

| native_name = {{lang|ar|تيار العزم}}

| logo = AzmTayyar-logo.png

| logo_size = 160px

| leader = Najib Mikati

| foundation = 2004

| headquarters = Tripoli

| seats1_title = Parliament of Lebanon

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|128|hex={{party color|Azm Movement}}}}

| seats2_title = Cabinet of Lebanon

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{party color|Azm Movement}}}}

| website = {{Url|https://www.azmtayyar.org/Public}}

}}

The Azm Movement ({{langx|ar|تيار العزم}}) is a political party in Lebanon, founded and led by former Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Miqati.Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. [http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_52190-544-1-30.pdf?180420165540 Political Party Mapping in Lebanon Ahead of the 2018 Elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506173648/http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_52190-544-1-30.pdf?180420165540 |date=2018-05-06 }}Albabawa. [https://www.albawaba.com/news/municipal-lists-still-remain-unclear-tripoli-lebanon-elections-838484 Municipal lists still remain unclear for Tripoli: Lebanon elections] It currently has no members in parliament after the 2022 Lebanese general election.

As of 2018 Haitham Ezzedine served as coordinator of the Azm Movement in Akkar.[http://www.almodon.com/politics/2018/4/9/من-ينتخب-تيار-العزم-في-عكار مَن ينتخب تيار العزم في عكار؟]. Al-Modon

History

The Azm Movement participated in the parliamentary elections of 2000 and 2009 by nominating its leader, Najib Mikati, in the Tripoli constituency, for the Sunni seat, and was able to win both times.

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The party participated in the 2018 parliamentary elections in the Minnieh, Dinnieh, Tripoli electoral district, which was conducted according to the new proportional system, and announced the formation of a list called "List of Determination",{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} which ranked second in Tripoli with more than 40,000 votes{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} and the party won four seats:

Najib Mikati for the Sunni seat; Ali Darwish for the Alawite seat; Jean Obeid for the Maronite seat and Nicolas Nahas for the Eastern Orthodox seat.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} Jean Obeid died during his term in 2021.{{cite news |last1=Sakr |first1=Elias |title=Lebanese member of parliament Jean Obeid dies of Covid-19 |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/lebanese-member-of-parliament-jean-obeid-dies-of-covid-19-1.1161953 |work=The National |date=8 February 2021 |language=en}}

The Azm Movement did not get any seats in the Lebanese 2022 parliamentary election.{{cite web |title=2022 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections: Key Results {{!}} United Nations Development Programme |url=https://www.undp.org/lebanon/publications/2022-lebanese-parliamentary-elections-key-results |website=UNDP |language=en}}

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