Marada Movement
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The Marada Movement (Arabic: تيار المردة, romanized: Tayyār Al-Marada) is a Lebanese political party and a former militia active during the Lebanese Civil War named after the legendary Marada (also called Mardaites) warriors of the early Middle Ages that fought on the external edge of the Byzantine Empire. Originally designated the Marada Brigade (لواء المردة Liwa al-Marada), the group initially emerged as the personal militia of Suleiman Frangieh, president of Lebanon at the outbreak of the war in 1975. They were also initially known as the Zgharta Liberation Army, after Frangieh's hometown of Zgharta in northern Lebanon.
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Marada Movement تيار المردة | |
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Abbreviation | MM |
President | Suleiman Frangieh, Jr. |
Founder | Suleiman Frangieh |
Founded | 1967 (1967) (as militia) 1991 (1991) (as party) |
Headquarters | Zgharta, Lebanon |
Ideology | Lebanese nationalism Christian democracy Pro-Syrian government |
Political position | Right-wing[1] |
Religion | Maronite Catholicism |
National affiliation | March 8 Alliance |
Colors | Blue[2] and green[3] |
Parliamentary bloc | Independent National Bloc |
Parliament of Lebanon | 2 / 128 |
Cabinet of Lebanon | 2 / 24 |
Party flag | |
Website | |
elmarada.org | |
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