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Pierre Gemayel

1905 - 1984

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Pierre Amine Gemayel, also spelled Jmayyel, Jemayyel or al-Jumayyil (Arabic: بيار الجميّل; 6 November 1905 – 29 August 1984), was a Lebanese political leader. A Maronite Catholic, he is remembered as the founder of the Kataeb Party (also known as the Phalangist Party), as a parliamentary powerbroker, and as the father of Bachir Gemayel and Amine Gemayel, both of whom were elected to the presidency of the republic in his lifetime. He opposed the French Mandate over Lebanon in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and advocated an independent state, free from foreign control. He was known for his deft political maneuvering, which led him to take positions which were seen by supporters as pragmatic, but by opponents as contradictory, or even hypocritical. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Gemayel is the 6,401st most popular politician (down from 3,772nd in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Lebanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierre Gemayel ranks 6,401 out of 19,576. Before him are Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, Sheng Shicai, Theodora Komnene, Friedrich Kellner, Emperor Go-Ichijō, and Viola Amherd. After him are King Zhao of Zhou, Morihiro Hosokawa, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Johan Ferrier, Rómulo Betancourt, and Antipope Benedict X.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Pierre Gemayel ranks 81. Before him are Federica Montseny, Heinz Lammerding, Banine, Wolfram Sievers, Pierre Levegh, and Takeo Fukuda. After him are Chen Yun, Albert Pierrepoint, Karl Guthe Jansky, Ludwig Fischer, Attila József, and Guy Mollet. Among people deceased in 1984, Pierre Gemayel ranks 60. Before him are Jackie Coogan, Walter Rauff, Josyf Slipyj, Yigael Yadin, Hans Speidel, and Pavel Batitsky. After him are Chaïm Perelman, Count Basie, Mark W. Clark, Raoul Salan, Joseph Losey, and George Gaylord Simpson.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Pierre Gemayel ranks 41 out of 145. Before him are Fouad Siniora (1943), Mia Khalifa (1993), Alfonso Jordan (1103), Abbas al-Musawi (1952), Zeno of Sidon (-150), and Serj Tankian (1967). After him are Antipater of Sidon (-200), Pamphilus of Caesarea (240), Raymond II, Count of Tripoli (1115), Bechara El Khoury (1890), Camille Chamoun (1900), and Nassim Nicholas Taleb (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Pierre Gemayel ranks 20. Before him are Walid Jumblatt (1949), Amine Gemayel (1942), Tammam Salam (1945), Fouad Siniora (1943), Alfonso Jordan (1103), and Abbas al-Musawi (1952). After him are Raymond II, Count of Tripoli (1115), Bechara El Khoury (1890), Camille Chamoun (1900), Omar Karami (1934), Hassan Diab (1959), and Elias Hrawi (1926).

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