Samir Geagea جعجع سمير

Lebanon Lebanon

Leader of Lebanese Forces Party

Government / Military

Samir Geagea, second leader of the Lebanese Resistance against the Syrian occupation of Lebanon after the death of the President and Martyr Bashir El Gemayel, witnessed a very harsh period of incarceration. Within the two years when Geagea governed the liberated regions known in the time of war 1986-1988 as the “Sharqya” (the Eastern region), he has redeveloped the Lebanese Forces military base that was randomly destroyed by the governance of President Amin El Gemayel. He managed in a record time to establish an organized force of confrontation and defense of Lebanon and the Christian existence. Geagea has reestablished the Lebanese Forces Party on basis of democracy and freedom; his