Tripartite Alliance (Lebanon)

The Helf Alliance or Tripartite Alliance (Arabic: الحلف الثلاثي; Al-Hilf al-thulathi), was a right-wing coalition formed in 1968 by the big three mainly Christian parties in Lebanon: The Pierre Gemayel's Kataeb, the National Liberal Party of former President Camille Chamoun, and National Bloc of Raymond Eddé.

[1] The coalition called for a Lebanese Nationalism as Regional and internal tensions rise, and as relations with PLO spoils.

It was also seen as a counter-force against the Arabist line incarnated during his mandate by President Fuad Chehab.

The alliance well-performed in 1968 Parliamentary elections winning 30 seats in the 99 member National Assembly - the best result until 2005 elections for any organized electoral force in Lebanon's notoriously fractured legislature.

The idea of the alliance came at a meeting on March 23, 1967 at the home of the secretary-general of the National Liberal Party, Kazem al-Khalil,[2] and was officially announced on February 22, 1968 prior to the Lebanese parliamentary elections scheduled for the following March 24.