| Description | Big-tent, Christian-democratic party founded by Michel Aoun, the President of Lebanon since October 31, 2016, and led since 2015 by Aoun's son-in-law, Gebran Bassil. Party features within its leadership Aoun's second son-in-law, Shamel Roukoz, who is the commander of the Lebanese Army. Maronite-Christian party allies itself with Shi'ite parties Hezbollah and Amal and with them lead the March 8 Alliance, a coalition united by their pro-Syrian stance and Lebanon's ruling coalition, holding 67 of 128 seats in the Lebanese Parliament [Courant patriotique libre (CPL); التيار الوطني الحرّ; at-Tayyār al-Waṭanī al-Horr (TAWAH)]. |
