{{Short description|Lebanese politician}} '''Osama Maarouf Saad''' (or Oussama Saad, [[Arabic]]: أسامة معروف سعد''';''' born June 6, 1954, in Saida) is a Lebanese politician, [[Member of parliament|MP]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Osama Saad declares he will stand in vacated Sidon seat|url=https://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Lebanon-News/2002/Jul-29/37322-osama-saad-declares-he-will-stand-in-vacated-sidon-seat.ashx|access-date=2021-02-12|website=www.dailystar.com.lb}}</ref> and the leader of the [[Popular Nasserist Organization]] (PNO) movement allied with the [[Government of Syria|Syrian government]] and [[Hezbollah]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2002-07-29|title=Osama Saad declares he will stand in vacated Sidon seat|url=https://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Lebanon-News/2002/Jul-29/37322-osama-saad-declares-he-will-stand-in-vacated-sidon-seat.ashx|access-date=2021-02-12|website=The Daily Star Newspaper}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=أسامة سعد: لشمل تجار صيدا بقرار فتح البلد|url=https://www.annahar.com/arabic/section/77-مجتمع/06022021041438058|access-date=2021-02-12|website=annahar.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-05|title=Protests in Lebanon’s Sidon over worsening economy|url=https://arab.news/6cg6t|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Arab News|language=en}}</ref> founded by his father [[Maarouf Saad]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Osama Saad declares he will stand in vacated Sidon seat |url=https://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Lebanon-News/2002/Jul-29/37322-osama-saad-declares-he-will-stand-in-vacated-sidon-seat.ashx|access-date=2021-02-12|website=www.dailystar.com.lb}}</ref> a leftist politician and mayor of [[Sidon]] whose violent assassination in 1975 helped spark the [[Lebanese Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite web|title='We Must Be Vigilant': An Interview With Osama Saad - Worldpress.org|url=https://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/2721.cfm|access-date=2021-02-12|website=www.worldpress.org}}</ref>
Osama’s family is a prominent [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslim]] family in Sidon,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Osama Saad declares he will stand in vacated Sidon seat|url=https://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Lebanon-News/2002/Jul-29/37322-osama-saad-declares-he-will-stand-in-vacated-sidon-seat.ashx|access-date=2021-02-12|website=www.dailystar.com.lb}}</ref> but he aligns himself with the [[Shia Islam|Shiite]] [[Hezbollah]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-05-22|title=Factbox: Hezbollah and allies gain sway in Lebanon parliament|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-election-parliament-factbox-idUSKCN1IN1OJ|access-date=2021-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-07-05|title=The Lebanese sheikh who's leading a sit-in against Hezbollah|work=Christian Science Monitor|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0705/The-Lebanese-sheikh-who-s-leading-a-sit-in-against-Hezbollah|access-date=2021-02-12|issn=0882-7729}}</ref> and the “[[Axis of Resistance|axis of resistance]]”.<ref>{{Cite news|first1=Tom|last1=Perry|first2=Ali|last2=Hashisho|date=2018-05-02|title=A Lebanese city, and an election, feel effect of Saudi cold shoulder|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-election-sidon-insight-idUSKBN1I30LE|access-date=2021-02-12}}</ref> He was subject to Hezbollah's online threats in 2021 after his PNO condemned the assassination of the anti-Hezbollah [[Lokman Slim]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Rim|last=Zrein|date=2021-02-08|title=MP Osama Saad Is The Latest Target Of Hezbollah's Online Threats|url=https://www.the961.com/mp-osama-saad-target-of-hezbollah/|access-date=2021-02-12|website=The961|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Biography == The son of former MP [[Maarouf Saad]], assassinated on February 26, 1975, and a [[Doctor of Medicine|doctor of medicine]] from the [[Cairo University|University of Cairo]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Osama Saad declares he will stand in vacated Sidon seat|url=https://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Lebanon-News/2002/Jul-29/37322-osama-saad-declares-he-will-stand-in-vacated-sidon-seat.ashx|access-date=2021-02-12|website=www.dailystar.com.lb}}</ref> he became in 1985 the right arm of his brother, [[Mustafa Saad]], head of the pro-Syrian [[Popular Nasserist Organization]] and historical rival of the family of [[Rafic Hariri|Rafiq Hariri]] in [[Sidon|Saïda]] as well as his sister, [[Bahia Hariri]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=قيادة المستقبل في دارة مصطفى سعد....!|url=http://www.saidanet.com/News-16495/قيادة-المستقبل-في-دارة-مصطفى-سعد/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.saidanet.com}}</ref>
A member of the Saïda municipal council in 1998, he became a deputy at the Sunni headquarters of Saïda in the summer of 2002, following the death of his brother Moustapha, who was a deputy at the time. He was elected automatically for lack of competitors.
In 2004, he allied himself with the former Hariri partner, ''Abderrahman Bizri'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saad accuses Hariri of turning elections into a political contest|url=https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2004/May-21/1266-saad-accuses-hariri-of-turning-elections-into-a-political-contest.ashx|access-date=2021-02-22|website=www.dailystar.com.lb}}</ref> and their list won the municipal elections in Saida, which was a serious setback for Rafiq Hariri for losing control over the elections of his hometown.
Osama Saad was re-elected as a deputy in the 2005 elections.<ref>{{Cite web|first1=Hajar|last1=Alem |first2=Nicolas|last2=Dot-Pouillard|date=2020-01-01|title=Behind Lebanon's protests|url=https://mondediplo.com/2020/01/07lebanon|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Le Monde diplomatique|language=en}}</ref>
Pro-Syrian affirmed, supporter of [[Hezbollah]]<ref>{{Cite web|first=Rim|last=Zrein|date=2021-02-08|title=MP Osama Saad Is The Latest Target Of Hezbollah's Online Threats|url=https://www.the961.com/mp-osama-saad-target-of-hezbollah/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=The961|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Osama Saad leads Hezbollah-backed list|url=https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-Elections/2018/Mar-24/442847-osama-saad-leads-hezbollah-backed-list.ashx|access-date=2021-02-24|website=www.dailystar.com.lb}}</ref> and of [[Michel Aoun|General Michel Aoun]], and supporter of the [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] arms Lebanon,<ref>{{Cite web|title=أسامة سعد يطالب بدمج السلاح الفلسطيني في الاستراتيجية الدفاعية|url=https://laji-net.net/portal/ar-LB/الأخبار/3/c/أسامة-سعد-يطالب-بدمج-السلاح-الفلسطيني-في-الاستراتيجية-الدفاعية/9295/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=لاجئ نت|language=ar-LB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=أسامة سعد: لإدراج السلاح الفلسطيني ضمن الاستراتيجية الدفاعية للبنان|url=http://www.elnashra.com/news/show/647762/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%B6%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Elnashra News|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=أسامة سعد استقبل وفدا فلسطينيا: سلاح المخيمات منضبط|url=https://www.lebanonfiles.com/news/277550/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=LebanonFiles|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=أسامة سعد شدد على تحقيق المصالحة بين الفصائل الفلسطينية: واثقون بقدرة شعب الجبارين على إسقاط كل المخططات والصفقات|url=http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/500651/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=الوكالة الوطنية للإعلام|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=أسامة سعد: نؤكد أحقية مطالب التحركات الفلسطينية ضد إجراءات وزارة العمل|url=http://www.elnashra.com/news/show/1331281/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%AF:-%D9%86%D8%A4%D9%83%D8%AF-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%AC|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Elnashra News|language=ar}}</ref> he is also a member of the National Rally, led by [[Omar Karami|Omar Karamé]], the former Prime Minister, and of the Bloc of the Resistance and Development.
He made his return to the Lebanese parliament as a deputy for Saïda following his victory in the 2018 elections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=نتائج إنتخابات صيدا - جزين.. الأرقام دحضت أوهام البعض!|url=http://aliwaa.com.lb/خاص-اللواء/نتائج-إنتخابات-صيدا-جزين-الأرقام-دحضت-أوهام-البعض/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=جريدة اللواء|language=ar-lb}}</ref>
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