POLITICIAN

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bachir Gemayel has received more than 1,165,050 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Bachir Gemayel is the 2,557th most popular politician (up from 3,607th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 20th in 2019) and the 8th 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 2,557 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander Ypsilantis, Musa ibn Nusayr, Léon Gambetta, Fusu, Mursili I, and Maria Mandl. After him are Emperor Nakamikado, Thomas Palaiologos, Julius Nyerere, Christopher II of Denmark, Louis Desaix, and Prince Philippe, Count of Paris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Bachir Gemayel ranks 52. Before him are Ronnie Wood, Zahi Hawass, James Woods, Michio Kaku, Stan Kroenke, and Alain Aspect. After him are Tostão, Dick Fosbury, Jonathan Pryce, Aaron Ciechanover, César Gaviria, and Sheikh Hasina. Among people deceased in 1982, Bachir Gemayel ranks 39. Before him are Stanford Moore, Curd Jürgens, Ivan Bagramyan, Hans Selye, Władysław Gomułka, and Cevdet Sunay. After him are Helen of Greece and Denmark, Hermann Balck, Walther Wenck, Lee Strasberg, Varlam Shalamov, and Meša Selimović.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel ranks 16 out of 145. Before him are Rafic Hariri (1944), Christina of Bolsena (210), Fairuz (1935), Hassan Nasrallah (1960), Pope Constantine (664), and Najib Mikati (1955). After him are Amin Maalouf (1949), Eusebius of Nicomedia (280), Émile Lahoud (1936), Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir (1073), Amine Gemayel (1942), and Pierre Gemayel (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel ranks 8. Before him are Ahab (-900), Dido (-879), Michel Aoun (1935), Rafic Hariri (1944), Hassan Nasrallah (1960), and Najib Mikati (1955). After him are Émile Lahoud (1936), Amine Gemayel (1942), Pierre Gemayel (1905), Fouad Siniora (1943), Hiram I (-1000), and Alfonso Jordan (1103).

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