Samir Geagea

Quick Facts

Full Name	Samir Geagea
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Oct 25, 1952(1952-10-25)
Age	72
Birthplace	Beirut
Country	Lebanon
Horoscope	Libra

Samir Geagea Biography

Samir Geagea is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 25, 1952 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is the executive chairperson of Lebanese Forces, a prominent Christian political party. He also announced his candidacy in his candidacy for the Lebanon presidency election.

In his first years as the chairman of the Lebanese Forces, he served under the late premier In his early years as chairman of the Lebanese Forces, he served under the late prime minister Rafic Hariri…

Samir Farid Geagea (Arabic: سمير فريد جعجع ‎ Lebanese pron.: [saˈmiːɾ faˈɾiːd ˈʒaʕʒaʕ] , also spelled Samir Ja’ja’; born on 25 October 1952 in Ain al- Remaneh), from the town of Bsharri in northern Lebanon, is a Lebanese leader and politician. He is the executive chairman of the Lebanese Forces, a Christian political party in Lebanon.

Geagea steadily rose through the ranks and led several operations at the request of Bachir Gemayel, then commander of the Phalangist Kataeb Regulatory Forces militia. In June 1978, following the murder of a Phalangist party leader in the North Lebanon called Joud el Bayeh in a power struggle with former president Suleiman Frangieh, Bachir Gemayel ordered Geagea and Elie Hobeika to co-lead a unit to capture the suspects who were taking cover in Frangieh’s mansion in Ehden. The incident is known as Ehden massacre. The attacking force (which somehow went past over dozens of Syrian army checkpoints) was met with resistance on the outskirts of Ehden where Geagea was hit. He was transported to Beirut and admitted to Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Achrafieh, Beirut where ironically he was doing his internship. His right hand was partially paralyzed and he never continued his education. Meanwhile, the military operation resulted in the murder of Tony Frangieh and his family. Geagea was later transported to a hospital in France.

When he was a child His father Farid was an adjutant for his unit in the Lebanese Army. The wife of his father, Sethrida Tawk Geagea, is also a well- known Lebanese politician.

Samir Geagea Net Worth

Samir Geagea is one of the richest Politician from Lebanon. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Samir Geagea 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a medical student in the American University of Beirut, and later Saint Joseph University, when the Lebanese civil war began. After his participation in the conflict, he completed his medical degree at two universities.

In his time in the Syrian regime in Lebanon in the year 2000, he was accused with the bombing of the Church of Sayyidet Al Najet and of murdering the former Prime Minister Rashid Karami. Due to this that he was held for over ten years in prison. He was released following the impact on the Cedar Revolution.

Geagea was born in the Ain el-Remmeneh district in Beirut on 25 October 1952 to a modest Maronite family from the town of Bsharri in northern Lebanon. His father, Farid Geagea was an adjutant in the Lebanese Army. He attended “Ecole Bénilde” elementary and secondary school in Furn el-Chebek, which was a free private school. With the aid of a scholarship from the Khalil Gibran association, he studied medicine at the American University of Beirut and then at Saint Joseph University. After the outbreak of civil war in 1975, Geagea interrupted his four years studies at the American University of Beirut. He was an active member of the right-wing Phalangist Party, which became the main Christian fighting force upon the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975. He is married to MP Sethrida Geagea.

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After the departure of president Gemayel, two rival governments contended for recognition following Amine Gemayel’s departure from the Presidency in September 1988, one a mainly Christian government and the other a government of Muslims and Lebanese Leftists. The Lebanese Forces initially supported the military Christian government led by Gen. Michel Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese Army. However, clashes erupted between the Lebanese Forces and the Lebanese Army under the control of Michel Aoun on 14 February 1989. These clashes were stopped, and after a meeting in Bkerké, the Lebanese Forces handed the national ports which it controlled to Aoun’s government under pressure from the Lebanese National army.

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Samir Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Lebanon. Samir Geagea celebrates birthday on October 25 of every year.

In addition to being the LF leader, Geagea retained his seat in the Kataeb Politburo. In 1992, he ran for the Kataeb presidential election but lost to Georges Saadeh with whom the conflict grew. Later that year, Saadeh dismissed Geagea and all members of what was known as the “Rescue Committee” from the party. The committee was formed by several members of the Politburo and districts leaders loyal to the LF and Geagea.