Sami gemayel biography definition
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Bachir Gemayel
Lebanese politician and militia commander (1947–1982)
In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Pierre and the family name is Gemayel.
Bachir Pierre Gemayel[note 2] (Arabic: بشير بيار الجميّل, pronounced[baˈʃiːrʒɪˈmajjɪl]; 10 November 1947 – 14 September 1982) was a Lebanese militia commander who led the Lebanese Forces, the military wing of the Kataeb Party, in the Lebanese Civil War and was elected President of Lebanon in 1982.
He founded and later became the supreme commander of the Lebanese Forces, uniting major Christian militias by force under the slogan of "Uniting the Christian Rifle". Gemayel allied with Israel and his forces fought the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Syrian Army. He was elected president on 23 August 1982, but was assassinated before taking office on 14 September, via a bomb explosion by Habib Shartouni, a member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.[2]
Gemayel is described as the most controversial figure in the history of Lebanon. He remains popular among Maronite Christians, where he is seen as a "martyr" and an "icon". Conversely, he has been criticized for committing alleged war crimes and accused of treason for his relations with Israel.[3][4]
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Sami Gemayel announces his candidacy in the Northern Metn district: We do not believe in a Christian-Sunnite project or Christian-Shiite one, but we do believe in a Christian-Christian project only.
3 Apr. 2009
The Coordinator of the Kataeb Central Committee, Sami Gemayel, held a press conference at 4:30 at Le Royal, in Dbayeh on Friday. Gemayel started off his speech by stating that this meeting has made him remember the past, which has included 12 years of struggle, and reminded him of how they burned the Syrian flag, and how they sprayed the candidate’s pictures in Lebanon.
Gemayel added “It made me remember how we climbed on poles, hills, buildings, and the highest locations, to stick pictures for the former President, Amin Gemayel, before he came back from exile. It made me remember confrontations with the security forces in universities during the Syrian occupation with the youths of the sovereign movement.”
He stated as well that these actions made him remember when they set up the first tent in Martyr's Square, which led to many other tents being placed at the Martyrs Square in Beirut. “It brought back flashes linked to the Lebanese entity and Lebanon as a whole, and how we will live as Lebanese citizens in peace finally, after years of occupation and forei
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Sami Gemayel Officially Announces Candidature for Kataeb Party Leadership
by Naharnet Newsdesk over 9 years
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