Bachir Gemayel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bachir Gemayel

Lebanese politician and militia commander

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1947

Place of Birth: Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

Date of Death: 14-Sep-1982

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Lebanon

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Bachir Gemayel

  • Bachir Gemayel (Arabic: ???? ???????? Bashir al-Jimayyel, also romanized al-Jumayyil and El Gemaiel, Arabic pronunciation: [ba'?i?r ??'ma.jj?l]; 10 November 1947 – 14 September 1982), also Bashir Gemayel, was a member of the right-wing Christian Kataeb Party, also known as the Phalange Party(??? ???????), and the son of its founder Pierre Gemayel.
  • He became the supreme commander of the Lebanese Forces (militia), uniting major Christian militias by force during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War under the campaign of "Uniting the Christian Rifle" and later founded the Lebanese Forces (militia) military organization.
  • Gemayel's Forces became the most powerful militia in Lebanon and is widely remembered for its resistance and battles against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Syrian Army, most notably the Hundred Days' War and the Battle of Zahleh. He was democratically-elected president on 23 August 1982 by the majority of Christian and Muslim MPs while the country was torn by civil war and occupied by both Israel, Syria and Palestinian factions.
  • Gemayel started enacting policies to disarm Christian militias, ordered the Lebanese Army to enter West Beirut for the first time since the start of the war and forced Yasser Arafat and the PLO to leave Lebanon.
  • On 14 September, before he could take office, he was assassinated, along with 26 others, when a bomb exploded in Beirut Phalange headquarters.
  • While some have accused Habib Tanious Shartouni, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation blamed the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP).Gemayel remains the youngest elected president and one of the most charismatic and controversial figures in Lebanese history.

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