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Bachir Gemayel
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Bachir Pierre Gemayel 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.
Bachir Gemayel as a child.
Bachir Gemayel as a child.
Gemayel with his father Pierre.
Gemayel with his father Pierre.
Gemayel with Kataeb Regulatory Forces militiamen.
Gemayel with Kataeb Regulatory Forces militiamen.
Bachir Gemayel with his father Pierre Gemayel at the Kataeb anniversary event in 1977
Bachir Gemayel with his father Pierre Gemayel at the Kataeb anniversary event in 1977
Assassination of Bachir Gemayel
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On 14 September 1982, a bomb was detonated during a meeting of the right-wing Kataeb Party in the Beirut neighbourhood of Achrafieh. Militia commander and Lebanese president-elect Bashir Gemayel and 2
Bachir 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. Gemayel is described…
The Kataeb headquarters after the explosion
The Kataeb headquarters after the explosion