title: Habib Sadek
text: # Habib Sadek
  
  Habib Sadek (Arabic: حبيب صادق; born 1930/1931 – 1 July 2023) was a Lebanese poet, writer and politician who was a member of parliament. He was the president of the Conseil Culturel Liban Sud. He was described as a Marxist.
  
  He founded the Democratic Left Movement which brought together left-wing academics and intellectuals who which opposed the Syrian occupation and integrating into what would become the March 14 Alliance.
  
  Sadek died on 1 July 2023, at the age of 92.
  
  