Free Patriotic Movement
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Free Patriotic Movement
التيار الوطني الحر Courant patriotique libre (CPL) |
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| Leader | Gebran Bassil |
| Founder | Michel Aoun (President of Lebanon) |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters |
 Rabieh, Beirut, Lebanon
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| Ideology |
Lebanese nationalism Civic nationalism Social liberalism Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Change and Reform bloc |
| Parliament of Lebanon |
19 / 128
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| Cabinet of Lebanon |
8 / 30
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| Website | |
| www.tayyar.org | |
The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) (Arabic: التيار الوطني الحر, at-Tayyār al-Waṭanī al-Horr), also known as the Aounist party (Arabic: التيار العوني, at-Tayyār awne), is a Lebanese political party, led by Gebran Bassil. It is the second largest party in Lebanon's parliament (after the Future Movement) and the largest Christian party. It has 20 out of the 128 seats in parliament (of which 64 seats represent Christians).
The FPM is the main party of the March 8 Alliance, which includes Amal (13 seats) and Hezbollah (12 seats), as well as seven other minor parliamentary parties (who between them have 16 seats).
The FPM party promotes the rights of Lebanese expatriate and a relatively high minimum wage. The party's support base is overwhelmingly from Lebanon's Christian community, but includes a small number of Shia Muslims. A central figure in the movement is General Michel Aoun. The party's leader is Minister Gebran Bassil.
For many years, while Aoun was exiled in Paris, he led the FPM from abroad. He returned to Lebanon on 7 May 2005 after the Cedar Revolution forced the withdrawal of the Syrian forces, and then contested the legislative elections held in late May in early June although it placed him on the head of the largest Christian group of deputies. Therefore, the Free Patriotic Movement was established in 2005.
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