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Bachir Gemayel

1947 - 1982

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Bachir Pierre Gemayel (Arabic: بشير بيار الجميّل, pronounced [baˈʃiːr ʒɪˈmajjɪl]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bachir Gemayel is the 4,074th most popular politician (down from 2,557th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 16th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Lebanese Politician.

Bachir Gemayel was the president of Lebanon from 1982 to 1983. He was assassinated in 1982, which led to a civil war in Lebanon.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bachir Gemayel ranks 4,074 out of 19,576. Before him are Liutprand, King of the Lombards, Dmitry Ustinov, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, György Dózsa, John Magufuli, and Emperor Xuan of Han. After him are Peter II of Bulgaria, Caroline of Brunswick, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Muhammad al-Nasir, and Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Bachir Gemayel ranks 84. Before him are Carla Del Ponte, Gidon Kremer, Meat Loaf, Robert Englund, Óscar Tabárez, and Sergio Badilla Castillo. After him are Zahi Hawass, Mitt Romney, Peter Sloterdijk, Alain Aspect, Janet Mills, and Martha Nussbaum. Among people deceased in 1982, Bachir Gemayel ranks 50. Before him are Ahmad al-Khatib, John Belushi, Peter Weiss, Hermann Balck, Helen of Greece and Denmark, and E. H. Carr. After him are Thelonious Monk, Meša Selimović, John Cheever, Shiro Teshima, Gershom Scholem, and Takashi Shimura.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel ranks 21 out of 145. Before him are Hiram I (-1000), Christina of Bolsena (210), Amin Maalouf (1949), Émile Lahoud (1936), Eusebius of Nicomedia (280), and Najib Mikati (1955). After him are Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir (1073), Rashid Rida (1865), Frumentius (400), Amal Clooney (1978), Michel Suleiman (1948), and Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel ranks 10. Before him are Michel Aoun (1935), Hassan Nasrallah (1960), Rafic Hariri (1944), Hiram I (-1000), Émile Lahoud (1936), and Najib Mikati (1955). After him are Michel Suleiman (1948), Maria of Montferrat (1192), Kamal Jumblatt (1917), Walid Jumblatt (1949), Amine Gemayel (1942), and Tammam Salam (1945).

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