Sami gemayel biography definition
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Sami Gemayel Formally Announces Candidacy for Kataeb Party Leadership
by Naharnet Newsdesk over 9 years
MP Sami Gemayel announced on Wednesday his nomination for the presidency of the Kataeb party.
He declared during a press conference: “Because I believe that the Kataeb has the power to introduce change, I have decided to run for the presidency of the party.”
The Kataeb has an economic and social plan for Lebanon that would once again give the people hope, he added.
“If elected its president, I will attempt to prove to all Lebanese that the Kataeb adopts an agenda and a project for Lebanon,” he remarked.
“If elected its president, I will ensure that the party has no room for corrupt people,” stressed Gemayel, while emphasizing the importance of honest practices.
The party should set an example to all people and parties, he declared to applause by the gatherers.
“The Kataeb party will be open to all sides and open to cooperating with all rival parties, while still adhering
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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]
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Gemayel family
Gemayel (; Arabic: الجميّل; romanized: al-Jumayyil) is the name of a prominent LebaneseMaronite Christian family based in Bikfaya, Lebanon.[1]
History
[edit]The family is mentioned in bureaucratic records as among the inhabitants of Bikfaya as early as the 16th century. Between that time until the 18th century they were the sheikhs of the village. In 1642 Sheikh Abu Aoun was the joint governor of the subdistrict of Bsharri alongside the druser chief Zayn al-Din of the Sawwaf family.
Notable members
[edit]- Philip Gemayel, Maronite patriarch from 1795 to 1796
- César Gemayel (1898-1958), Lebanese painter
- Pierre Gemayel (1905–1984), Lebanese political leader and founder of the Kataeb Party
- Geneviève Gemayel (1908–2003), Lebanese political figure, pilot and artist
- Maurice Gemayel (1910–1970), Member of Parliament, brother-in-law of Pierre Gemayel
- Amine Gemayel (born 1942), President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988, son of Pierre Gemayel
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