Elias G. Atallah (Arabic: إلياس عطا الله; born 1947), is a Lebanese politician and an elected member of parliament during the 2005 elections.
He is also the chairperson of the Democratic Left Movement, and a prominent member in the March 14 Alliance.
He was born in the Chouf region and has a degree in psychology and philosophy from the Lebanese University.
[1] His fierce criticism against the Lebanese Communist Party's policies, especially its positive attitude towards the Syrian occupation of Lebanon and his rejection of the communist ideology,[1] led him in 2004 to form, with a group of Lebanese intellectuals including Samir Kassir, The Democratic Left Movement.In which, he was elected as its chairperson on 17 October 2004 and was reelected in April 2007.
[2] In which, he became the first MP to represent a leftist secular political party in the Lebanese parliament.