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List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Tripoli District Total Seats: 8 Alawi Greek Orthodox Maronite Sunni No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 5 No. of Candidates: 7 No. of Candidates: 4 No. of Candidates: 7 No. of Candidates: 22 Nazih Salman Kamra Refli Antoine Diab Jean Badawi Obeid Fadi Mohamad Riad Adra Mohamad Mahmoud Jahjah Robert Maurice Fadel George Edmon Chabtini Mohamad Radwan Zakour Rifaat Ali Eid Georges Wadih Toros Ibrahim Youssef Al Tawil Riad Seifeddine Salhab Mohamad Ahmad Traboulsi Antoine Alfred Habib Pierre Kalim AL Hashash Mohamad Ahmad Al Safadi Nasr Mohammad Khodr Ahmad Moustapha Regina Nadim Kantara Karameh Ali Mohamad Ajaya El Helou Ibrahim El Helou El Mostapha Rashad Awad Helou Badr Kamel Mohamad Samer George Saadeh Ghada Mohammad Al Wannous Dandashi List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Tripoli District Total Seats: 8 Alawi Greek Orthodox Maronite Sunni No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 5 No. of Candidates: 7 No. of Candidates: 4 No. of Candidates: 7 No. of Candidates: 22 Mohammad Anas Abdallah Nadim Al Jesr Mohamad Najib Mikati Mohamad Abdel Latif Kabbara Bilal Said Said Jrad Samir Adnan Al Jisr Rami Mohamad Yasser Dergam Mohamad Mosbah Aouni Ahdab List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Tripoli District Total Seats: 8 Alawi Greek Orthodox Maronite Sunni No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 5 No. of Candidates: 7 No. of Candidates: 4 No. of Candidates: 7 No. of Candidates: 22 Hoda Mohammad Sankari Bilal Ahmad Jamal Al Shueiki Omar Abdel Hamid Karami Khaldoun Salim Al Sherif Mohammad Nabil Wajeeh Oksomwati Arja Hassan Said Al Shahal NA331 List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Tripoli District Total Seats: 8 Alawi Greek Orthodox Maronite Sunni No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 5 No. of Candidates: 7 No. of Candidates: 4 No. of Candidates: 7 No. of Candidates: 22 Fayad Naddem Al Halabi Rami Mohammad Fadel Hallab NA331 List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Mennieh Denniye District Total Seats: 3 Sunni No. of Seats: 3 No. of Candidates: 35 Kassem Ali Abdel Aziz Jihad Mourched Al Samad Kamal Mohammad Saleh Al Kheir Abdel Kader Mohamad Al Chami Ahmad Mohammad Chindeb Toufic Youssef Al Dhaibi Bassam Mahmoud Arramlawi Mohamad Ahmad Talal Al Fadel Mjahed Mohamad Jandab Adel Mohamad Fatfat Mohamad Ahmad Alameddine Toufic Mohamad Zreika Mohamad Nour Eddine Ahmad Ali Khalil Nafez Mohammad Assamad List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Mennieh Denniye District Total Seats: 3 Sunni No. of Seats: 3 No. of Candidates: 35 Fadi Malek Khier Khaled Khodr Al Kheir Hachem Mohamad Moustapha Alam Eddine Mahmoud Abbas Seif Mohamad Ezzeddine Ahmad Alameddine Ahmad Abdel Rahman Obeid Nazih Ahmad Saadeh Jamil Ahmad Bourhan Ali Raad Ahmad Chawki Mohamad Khodor Fatfat Saleh Kazem Kheir Assaad Ahmad Harmouch Khaled Ibrahim Al Dhaibi Hassan Nasr Nadeih Hachem Abdel Fattah Zreika List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Mennieh Denniye District Total Seats: 3 Sunni No. of Seats: 3 No. of Candidates: 35 Abdel Salam Mohammad Dib Al Kheir Abdel Basset Abdel Rahman Obeid Mohammad Mahmoud Al Hage Ahmad Ibrahim Khalil Ghareeb Hassan Abdel Kader Hallak Mohammad Ahmed Abou Kanj Mazhar Ahmad Osman List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Akkar District Total Seats: 7 Alawi Greek Orthodox Maronite Sunni No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 2 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 3 No. of Candidates: 5 No. of Candidates: 9 No. of Candidates: 5 No. of Candidates: 21 Haytham Shaaban Hamdan Karim Abdallah Al Rassi Michael Antonios Daher Ali Mohamad Allouch Moustafa Ali Hussein Wehbi Khalil Khalil Katicha Rachid Michel Daher Bilal Hassan Al Mrad Mohamad Tamer Tamer Riad Nicola Rahal Joseph Jebrael Mkhayel Mohamad Yehia Yehia Khodor Mounif Habib Joseph Abdallah Shahda Hadi Fawzi Hobeish Khaled Ibrahim Zakaria Abdel Rahman Mohammad Amine Iskandar Iskandar Nidal Gergy Tohme Mohamad Ahmad Khaled Abdel Rahman Ibrahim Nafez Loutfallah Warrak Amer Mahmoud Tarraf Michael Yaacoub Yaacoub Wajih Mohamad Al Baarini Shahda Georges Elias Saoud Khaled Mohamad Daher Talal Khaled Abdulkader Al Abdalah Raouf Hanna Merhabi List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Akkar District Total Seats: 7 Alawi Greek Orthodox Maronite Sunni No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 2 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 3 No. of Candidates: 5 No. of Candidates: 9 No. of Candidates: 5 No. of Candidates: 21 Ali Mohamad Tlayss Ahmad Aref Sobhi Arrajab Maher Mohamad Abdallah Hussein Ahmad Merhi Mohamad Moustapha Sleiman Mohamad Omar Hawshar Khaled Abbas Zahmran Sheikh Hassan Ahmad Al Khatib Abdallah Wajih Zakaria List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Akkar District Total Seats: 7 Alawi Greek Orthodox Maronite Sunni No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 2 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 3 No. of Candidates: 5 No. of Candidates: 9 No. of Candidates: 5 No. of Candidates: 21 Saoud Ahmad Al Youssef Mouin Mohammad Tarek El Mereabi Mohammad Dib Dandachi List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Zghorta District Total Seats: 3 Maronite No. of Seats: 3 No. of Candidates: 10 Jawad Simon Boulos Youssef Semaan Obeid Youssef Sarkis Bahaa Al Doueihi Sleiman Antoine Frangieh Assaad Youssef Karam Estephan Boutros Al Douehi Michel Rene Mouawad Estephan Boutros Al Douehi Kaissar Farid Moawad Salim Beik Youssef Beik Karam List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Koura District Total Seats: 3 Greek Orthodox No. of Seats: 3 No. of Candidates: 15 Semaan Yaccoub Al Lakis George Najib Al Bourji George Semaan Wehbi Salim Abdallah Saadeh Farid Nabil Mkarri Fayez Michel Ghoson Nicols Beik Fouad Beik Ghosn Ghosn Farid Ishak Youssef Habib Gabriel Adel Drayek John Jaber Mfareij George Naim Attallah Souheil Maurice Khoury Albert Jamil Andraos Edgar Moufid Boulos List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Koura District Total Seats: 3 Greek Orthodox No. of Seats: 3 No. of Candidates: 15 Philip Fares Boulos List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Bcharre District Total Seats: 2 Maronite No. of Seats: 2 No. of Candidates: 8 Michael Hanna Matta Majid Philipe Abi Saab Elie Karam Kayrouz Jibran Melhem Taouk Rachid Najib Khalife Rahme Strida Elias Taouk Chahine Tannous Taouk Roy Bahjat Issa Al Khoury List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Batroun District Total Seats: 2 Maronite No. of Seats: 2 No. of Candidates: 9 Gebran Estephan Estephan Bassil Nabil Emil Jalinos Al Hakim Faek Youssef Gebrayel Younes Antoine Moussa Moussa Zahra Jean Jamil Mrad Gebran Gergi Gergi Bassil Rony Charbel Doumit Salim Michel Michel Najim Boutros Joseph Al Khoury Harb List of Candidates – Elections 2009 Zahle District Total Seats: 7 Armenian Orthodox Greek Orthodox Greek Catholic Maronite Shiite Sunni No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 2 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Seats: 1 No. of Candidates: 8 No. of Candidates: 7 No. of Candidates: 10 No. of Candidates: 7 No. of Candidates: 9 No. of Candidates: 20 Ibrahim Badii Tony Michael Assem Fayez Al Araji George Abdin Kassarji Salim George Aoun Mohsen Ali Daloul Maalouf Abou Khater Bougos Herant Fouad 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