Abdelmajid Saleh
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Abdel Majid Saleh is a Shia Lebanese
member of parliament representing the Tyre district
. He is a member of the Amal Movement
led by Nabih Berri
which is part of the opposition. He was first elected in 2005 to replace recently deceased MP Ali Amine and was re-elected in 2009.
Lebanese people
The Lebanese people are a nation and ethnic group of Levantine people originating in what is today the country of Lebanon, including those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state....
member of parliament representing the Tyre district
Tyre District
-Phoenician era:Tyre was a major port in Phoenician times. It grew wealthy from its far-reaching colonies and industries of purple-dyed textiles. This attracted the attention of conquerors among them the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander the Great....
. He is a member of the Amal Movement
Amal Movement
Amal Movement is short for the Lebanese Resistance Detachments the acronym for which, in Arabic, is "amal", meaning "hope."Amal was founded in 1975 as the militia wing of the Movement of the Disinherited, a Shi'a political movement founded by Musa...
led by Nabih Berri
Nabih Berri
Nabih Berri is the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon. He heads the mostly Shi'a Amal Movement.-Biography:He was born in Bo, Sierra Leone to Lebanese parents. He went to school in Tebnine and Ain Ebel in southern Lebanon and later studied at the Makassed and the Ecole de la Sagesse in Beirut...
which is part of the opposition. He was first elected in 2005 to replace recently deceased MP Ali Amine and was re-elected in 2009.
See also
- Lebanese Parliament
- Members of the 2009-2013 Lebanese Parliament
- Amal MovementAmal MovementAmal Movement is short for the Lebanese Resistance Detachments the acronym for which, in Arabic, is "amal", meaning "hope."Amal was founded in 1975 as the militia wing of the Movement of the Disinherited, a Shi'a political movement founded by Musa...