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The '''Progressive Socialist Party''' ({{lang-ar|الحزب التقدمي الاشتراكي|translit=al-Hizb al-Taqadummi al-Ishtiraki}}) is a Lebanese political party. Its confessional base is in the [[Lebanese Druze|Druze sect]] and its regional base is in [[Mount Lebanon Governorate]], especially the [[Chouf District]].<ref name="Krayem"/> Founded by [[Kamal Jumblatt]] in 1949, the party was led by his son [[Walid Jumblatt]] between 1977 and 25 May 2023
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==Origins==
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In the post-Civil War period, Jumblatt was known for switching allegiances and acting as a kingmaker in deals between factions.<ref name="Jazeera">{{cite web | title=Lebanon - At the Crossroads | publisher=Al Jazeera| url=https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2015/lebanoncrossroads/ | access-date=2021-11-08}}</ref> The PSP participated in a number of governments, but, after the [[Syria Accountability Act]] and the UN Resolution 1559 and the change of the balance of powers in the region after the occupation of Iraq, joined the opposition and took up a position opposed to the role of Syria in Lebanon's politics. Unlike some opponents of the Syrian presence, Jumblatt did not oppose the presence of the Syrian army per se, but contended that the Syrian intelligence services were exerting undue influence.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
Following the passage of [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559]] in September 2004, calling for a Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, Jumblatt was particularly prominent in the opposition. However, he was opposed to the demand that [[Hezbollah]] be disarmed, and insisted on maintaining relations with the [[Shia Islam|Shia]] [[Islamism|Islamist]] party. Later, he has drifted into sharp opposition towards the group, and has decided to support their disarmament, claiming that Syria and Iran are trying to take over Lebanon through Hezbollah. After the [[assassination of Rafic Hariri]] in February 2005, Jumblatt joined the anti-Syria camp, despite his long support to Syria.<ref name=are2005>{{cite journal|last=Knudsen|first=Are|title=Precarious peacebuilding: Post-war Lebanon, 1990-2005|journal=CMI Working Paper|year=2005|volume=2|url=http://bora.cmi.no/dspace/bitstream/10202/103/1/Working%20paper%20WP%202005-12.pdf|access-date=17 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213221743/http://bora.cmi.no/dspace/bitstream/10202/103/1/Working%20paper%20WP%202005-12.pdf|archive-date=13 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> As part of the [[March 14 Alliance]], the PSP won 16 seats in [[2005 Lebanese general election|the general elections]] held in 2005.<ref name=safa06jan>{{cite journal|last=Safa|first=Oussama|title=Lebanon springs forward|journal=Journal of Democracy|date=January 2006 |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=22–37 |doi=10.1353/jod.2006.0016|s2cid=143710565|url=http://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/gratis/Safa-17-1.pdf|access-date=17 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227090433/http://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/gratis/Safa-17-1.pdf|archive-date=27 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> It won eleven seats in the [[2009 Lebanese general election]]<ref name="step down"/> and had three ministers in the 2009 [[First Cabinet of Saad Hariri]] ([[Ghazi Aridi]], [[Akram Chehayeb]], and [[Wael Abou Faour]], all Druze). However, after the [[March 8 Alliance]] regained power in 2011, the PSP positioned itself in the political centre,<ref name="Reuters 2018"/> and gave allegiance to the new government. Under the banner of the [[Democratic Gathering bloc]], had three ministers ([[Alaaeddine Terro]], Sunni, plus Aridi and Faour) in the 2011 [[Second Cabinet of Najib Mikati]]
In late January 2011, Jumblatt declared not to support the disarming of Hezbollah.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} In 2013, it endorsed the 15 March alliance-led [[Cabinet of Tammam Salam]] (it had two ministers in this government, Faour and [[Akram Chehayeb]]). By 2015, the PLP was allied with the [[Future Movement]]<ref name="Jazeera"/> and it had two ministers ([[Marwan Hamadeh]] and [[Ayman Shkeir]]) in the 2016 [[Second Cabinet of Saad Hariri]], led by the Future Movement and two ministers again (Chehayeb and Faour) in the 2019 [[Third Cabinet of Saad Hariri]].
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