Elias Atallah

Elias G. Atallah (; born 1947), is a Lebanese politician and an elected member of parliament during the 2005 elections. He is also the chairperson of the Democratic Left Movement, and a prominent member in the March 14 Alliance. He was born in the Chouf region, and has a degree in psychology and philosophy from the Lebanese University.

Political activities He joined the Lebanese Communist Party in 1971, and was a prominent member in the Lebanese National Movement that included George Hawi, Kamal Jumblatt and other Lebanese leftist politicians and intellectuals. In 1982, he took part in the resistance against the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. As of 2000, he was the leader of the party. In which, he became the first MP to represent a leftist secular political party in the Lebanese parliament.