Carlos Eddé

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Carlos Eddé (Arabic: كارلوس إدة)(born in 1956), is a Lebanese politician. He is since 2000 the president of Lebanese National Bloc succeeding at his uncle Raymond Eddé. His unsolicited election surprised as he had been established in Brazil since 1976 and he barely speaks literary Arabic. In 2004 he participated actively in the opposition coalition and was one of the elaborators the strategy to unify the opposition which led the departure of the Syrians. He formulated the only complete electoral law to reform the inefficient election system based on the single district. He also presented the most complete economic plan at the time of the election. In 2005, he ran unsuccessfully for Maronite siege of Jbeil, longtime stronghold of his party, winning only 28,125 votes against 56,840 for the Maronite candidate of the Free Patriotic Movement [1]. He keeps on a hard line against secterianisme, the Syrian influence in Lebanon and in favour of the disarmament of Hezbollah. As president of the Bloc National, he is entitled the "Al-Amid" which means "The Dean" in Arabic.