Bachir Gemayel

Bachir Pierre Gemayel ( ; 10 November 1947 – 14 September 1982) was the leader of the Lebanese Forces during the Lebanese Civil War and the elected President of the Republic in 1982.

 Biography 
Gemayel joined the Kataeb Party, founded by his father, Pierre Gemayel. He took command of the military wing at the beginning of the civil war against the national movement and the Palestine Liberation Organization.  

He received political and military support from Israel. His forces participated in the massacres of Black Saturday, the Karantina massacre, and the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, in which hundreds of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians were killed. He also led the Battle of Zahle and the Hundred Days of War against the Syrian Army. 

 Death 
On 23 August 1982, Gemayel was elected president. He was killed before taking office on 14 September, by a bomb explosion at the hands of Habib Shartouni, a member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.

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Category:1947 births
Category:1982 deaths
Category:Lebanese nationalists
Category:Presidents of Lebanon
Category:Elected officials who died without taking their seats
Category:Assassinated Lebanese people