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Who Are Hizbullah New Candidates for 2009 Elections?

Who Are Hizbullah New Candidates for 2009 Elections?
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Source: Al-Manar TV, 3-4-2009

Nawwaf Moussawi, Ali Fayyad and Hussein Moussawi are the three Hizbullah new candidates for the 2009 parliamentary elections. If elected, the three Hizbullah officials would enter the Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc for the first time since its creation.

On Wednesday, Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah declared the list of the Resistance party's candidates for the forthcoming parliamentary elections, a list that included 11 names including 8 current MPs and 3 new names.

The three new candidates are expected to enter the Lebanese Parliament for the first time. However, they aren't really new in the history of Hizbullah and the Islamic Resistance. Indeed, they assumed multiple responsibilities within Hizbullah during the previous stage and played a major role in the Resistance party's various units.

SAYYED HUSSEIN MOUSSAWI, HIZBULLAH ELDEST MAN

Sayyed Hussein Moussawi, also known as Abu Hisham, is one of the three new candidates to represent the party. Moussawi, who's also surnamed "Hizbullah eldest man," would represent, if elected, the Baalbeck-Hermel district alongside current MPs Hussein Hajj Hasan, Nawwar Saheli and Ali Mokdad.

Abu Hisham, who holds a license degree in Arabic language, assumed many responsibilities within Hizbullah during the 24 last years. Indeed, he was a member of the party's consultative council (Shura) between 1985 and 1990. Then, he served as a member of Hizbullah political bureau before heading the planning council. In 2000, he was named Hizbullah Secretary General executive assistant. He also assumed the responsibility of the municipal work's dossier, a post that remained his preoccupation until Wednesday when he was replaced by Hussein Shami.

On Friday, Sayyed Moussawi spoke to Al-Manar about his candidacy to the parliamentary elections. He noted that the parliamentary experience he intends to test would be controlled by the basic predicament of his first friend, Sayyed Moussa Sadr, 'steadfastness until death.' He noted that struggle remains the same whether in the battlefront or in serving people.

SAYYED NAWWAF MOUSSAWI, 24 YEARS WITHIN HIZBULLAH

Sayyed Nawwaf Moussawi is the second new candidate to represent Hizbullah in the next Parliament. Moussawi is running to represent the southern Tyr district alongside Minister Mohamad Fneish.

Born in 1965, Sayyed Moussawi is a researcher in philosophy and Gnosticism. He was appointed as a member in Hizbullah political bureau in 1985, when he was 20 years old.

In 1988, Sayyed Moussawi was appointed as editor-in-chief of the daily "Al-Ahed". He was also named as responsible of analyses and political studies, then the official in charge of Hizbullah relations with other political parties and Christian religious references. His final and most known post was the international relations official within Hizbullah.

Sayyed Moussawi also fills the post of the deputy of the head of the Arab parties' conference. He's also a member of the Secretariat General of the Arab national conference and the administrative committee in the mentioned congress.

DR ALI FAYYAD, HIZBULLAH POLITICAL IDEOLOGUE

Doctor Ali Fayyad is the third new candidate to represent Hizbullah in the next Parliament. Fayyad is running to represent the southern Hasbayya district.

Born in 1962, Fayyad holds a doctorate degree in political sociology. He's a researcher in political and social studies. He used to work as an assistant teacher in the Lebanese University and an academic research in Oxford University in London in 2007.

Fayyad, who was lately known to be the director of the Consultative Centre for Studies and Documentation, is the Hizbullah's political ideologue, and has also represented the organization at international meetings. He was handling the media, international guests and the publicity for the Hizbullah during the 33-day "Israeli" war against Lebanon in July 2006.

Fayyad was appointed as Hizbullah spokesman and then became the political bureau's analysis committee. In 1998, he was named as the deputy of the planning council's head within Hizbullah.

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