Armenians in Lebanon

==Politics==
{{main|Lebanese politics}}
[[File:Ararat_is_and_remains_Armenian.jpg|thumb|[[Lebanese Armenians]] holding a poster during Turkish Prime Minister [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan|Erdoğan]]'s visit to Beirut in November 2010.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 December 2010 |title=Armenian protest against Erdogan visit turns violent |website=Azad-Hye.com|url=https://www.azad-hye.com/news/armenian-protest-against-erdogan-visit-turns-violent/ |access-date=28 June 2013}}{</ref> The text reads "[[Mount Ararat|[Mount] Ararat]] is and remains Armenian".]]
According to the traditional Lebanese confessional representation in the Lebanese Parliament, a certain number of seats have been reserved for Armenian candidates according to their confession. Presently the Lebanese-Armenians are represented in the 128-seat Lebanese Parliament with 6 guaranteed seats (5 Armenian Orthodox and 1 Armenian Catholic) as follows:
* 3 Armenian Orthodox and 1 Armenian Catholic seat in the [[Beirut I]] electoral district
* 1 Armenian Orthodox seat in the [[Matn District]]
* 1 Armenian Orthodox seat in [[Zahle District]]

As many Protestants in Lebanon are ethnic Armenians, the sole parliamentary slot for Evangelical (Protestant) community has at times been filled by an Armenian, making for a total of 7 Armenian deputies in the Lebanese Parliament. Lebanese Armenians have been represented in government by at least one government minister in the formations of Lebanese governments. In case of larger governments (with 24 ministers and above) Armenians are traditionally given two government ministry positions. Lebanese-Armenians also have their quota in top-level public positions. {{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

Unlike the [[Maronite Church]] and other [[Religion in Lebanon|religious groups in Lebanon]], the Armenian Apostolic Church is not a political actor in its own right. Armenians do, however, enjoy political representation in Lebanon's [[multiconfessional]] government. Since the [[Cold War]] era, the Armenian Apostolic Church has participated in politics as a proxy for the nationalist [[Dashnak]] party.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Routledge| isbn = 978-1-317-17856-9| last = Agadjanian| first = Alexander| title = Armenian Christianity Today: Identity Politics and Popular Practice| date = 2016-04-15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0YHDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT169}}</ref>