Khaled Hadadi
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Khaled Hadadi is the current General-Secretary of the Lebanese Communist Party
(LCP) since December 2003. He was born in the city of Barja
in Mount Lebanon
, Lebanon
in 1956. He studied Physics
at the Lebanese University and graduated with a B.S in 1979 before pursuing a PhD in France
in 1984. Hadadi taught at the Lebanese University for several years before becoming General-Secretary of LCP.
Hadadi served in the central committee
of the party since 1987 and in the political bureau since 1993. He was elected as General-Secretary of the Party in 2004 after he defeated the former General-Secretary Farouq Dahrouj in the internal elections.
During his term, the party lived through the difficult political times of division between March 8 and March 14 forces in Lebanon
. However, under the leadership of Hadadi, the party managed to preserve its independence in spite of its closer relations with Hizbollah and Michel Aoun
, the main leaders of the Lebanese opposition that was known before as March 8 coalition.
He was reelected as Secretary General for a second term after the 10th congress of the Party in February 2009
Lebanese Communist Party
The Lebanese Communist Party – LCP or Parti communiste libanais in French, is a communist political party in Lebanon...
(LCP) since December 2003. He was born in the city of Barja
Barja
Barja is a coastal town in the Chouf District of Lebanon within the Mount Lebanon Governorate. With a population of around 22,000 people, Barja lies 32 kilometers south of Beirut; at the midway point between the capital and Sidon...
in Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon , as a geographic designation, is a Lebanese mountain range, averaging above 2,200 meters in height and receiving a substantial amount of precipitation, including snow, which averages around four meters deep. It extends across the whole country along about , parallel to the...
, Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
in 1956. He studied Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
at the Lebanese University and graduated with a B.S in 1979 before pursuing a PhD in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1984. Hadadi taught at the Lebanese University for several years before becoming General-Secretary of LCP.
Hadadi served in the central committee
Central Committee
Central Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the twentieth century and of the surviving, mostly Trotskyist, states in the early twenty first. In such party organizations the...
of the party since 1987 and in the political bureau since 1993. He was elected as General-Secretary of the Party in 2004 after he defeated the former General-Secretary Farouq Dahrouj in the internal elections.
During his term, the party lived through the difficult political times of division between March 8 and March 14 forces in Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
. However, under the leadership of Hadadi, the party managed to preserve its independence in spite of its closer relations with Hizbollah and Michel Aoun
Michel Aoun
Michel Naim Aoun is a former Lebanese Army Commander and he is one of the allies of Hezbollah. From 22 September 1988 to 13 October 1990, he has served as Prime Minister of the legal one of two rival governments that contended for power. He declared "The Liberation War" against the Syrian...
, the main leaders of the Lebanese opposition that was known before as March 8 coalition.
He was reelected as Secretary General for a second term after the 10th congress of the Party in February 2009