{{Distinguish|Iraqi National Dialogue Front}} {{Infobox political party | name = National Dialogue Party | native_name = حزب الحوار الوطني | logo = National Dialouge Party logo.svg | logo_size = | colorcode = {{party color|National Dialogue Party}} | leader = [[Fouad Makhzoumi]] | foundation = 2004 | ideology = [[Economic liberalism]]<br/>[[Secularism]] | headquarters = Ras el Nabeh, [[Beirut]] | website = https://alhiwar.com/ | country = Lebanon | abbreviation = NDP | founder = Fouad Makhzoumi | colors = {{Color box|{{party color|National Dialogue Party}}|border=silver}} | position = [[Centre-right]] | religion = | seats1_title = [[Parliament of Lebanon]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|128|hex={{party color|National Dialogue Party}}}} }} {{Politics of Lebanon}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The '''National Dialogue Party''' ({{Langx|ar|حزب الحوار الوطني|translit=Hizb al-Hiwar al-Watanii}}) is a [[secularism|secular]] [[Politics of Lebanon|Lebanese]] [[political party]] founded by businessman [[Fouad Makhzoumi]] in 2004.<ref name=UN/><ref name=NOW>[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20111004130504/http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArchiveDetails.aspx?ID=20159 Visions with no voice]. By Taylor Long. ''[[List of newspapers in Lebanon#Lebanese Online News Sites|Now Lebanon]]''. 18 November 2007.</ref><ref name=today/> It {{As of|2009|alt=currently}} has one seat in the [[Parliament of Lebanon]].<ref name="UN" /> The party publishes the ''Al Hiwar'' [[newspaper]].<ref name=UN/> Its main office is in the Marj el Zouhour Building, Dona Maria Street in Ras el Nabeh, Beirut.<ref name=UN>[http://www.arabparliaments.org/countries/bycountry.asp?pid=2&cid=9 National Dialogue Party]. [[United Nations]]: [http://www.arabparliaments.org/ Arab Political Parties Database]. Retrieved 1 March 2009.</ref>
==Activities== Makhzoumi states that its central belief is that the "Lebanese people deserve a government that is free, democratic, and responsive to their needs."<ref name=future/> As such, the party envisions electoral reforms based upon [[democracy]], [[Transparency (behavior)|transparency in government]], [[secularism]], and [[proportional representation]].<ref name=future>[http://www.makhzoumi.com/frontend/pdfs/speech/A_Democratic_Future_1_.pdf A Democratic Future for Lebanon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714023335/http://www.makhzoumi.com/frontend/pdfs/speech/A_Democratic_Future_1_.pdf |date=14 July 2011 }}. By [http://www.makhzoumi.com/high.htm Fouad Makhzoumi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220144353/http://www.makhzoumi.com/frontend/pdfs/speech/A_Democratic_Future_1_.pdf |date=20 February 2012 }} . Retrieved 1 March 2009.</ref> The party believes that the [[2006 Lebanon War|2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict]] raised the stature of [[Hezbollah]] in Lebanon while destabilizing the democratic government.<ref name=today>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-07-16-israel-cover_x.htm In Israel, fury mixed with fears]. By Thomas Frank. ''[[USA Today]]''. 23 July 2006.</ref>
Makhzoumi also established the Lebanon-based "Makhzoumi Foundation" charity organization providing educational services and public awareness in social issues. He also established the US-based "Future Millennium Foundation".
Makhzoumi is presently the Chairman of Future Pipe Group (FPI), a multinational corporation. He also acted as the President of the International Desalination Association (IDA) between 1995 and 1997, and is currently the Controller of the Association. He acted as well as Vice Chairman of the ''Institute for Social and Economic Policy in the Middle East'' at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at [[Harvard University]], between 1995 and 1998. He is currently a member of the International Board of the "Council on Foreign Relations – US/Middle East Project", since 1996.
==See also== *[[List of political parties in Lebanon]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.arabparliaments.org/publications/parties/bylaws/lebanon/alhiwar-a.pdf Party Platform] ([[Arabic language|In Arabic]]) *[http://www.danielpipes.org/1258/us-policy-in-the-middle-east Fouad Makhzoumi Interview during] ''[[Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer]]'' Broadcast 21 September 2003. Archived by [[Daniel Pipes]]. {{Lebanese political parties}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:2004 establishments in Lebanon]] [[Category:Liberal parties in Lebanon]] [[Category:Political parties established in 2004]] [[Category:Political parties in Lebanon]] [[Category:Secularism in Lebanon]] {{Lebanon-party-stub}}