Pierre Gemayel junior
Pierre Gemayel junior or Pierre Amine for short ( Arabic بيار أمين الجميل Biyar Amin al-Jumayyil , born September 24, 1972 ; † November 21, 2006 in Beirut ) was a Lebanese politician , lawyer and Maronite Christian . Gemayel was Minister of Industryin the Lebanese government from 2005 .
Life
Gemayel was a member of the Kata'ib party and was the son of former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel and nephew of former President Bachir Gemayel, who was also assassinated in 1982 . Gemayel is named after his grandfather Pierre Gemayel , who survived an assassination attempt in April 1975 in which, however, four Phalangists were killed. The incident was one of the factors that triggered the Lebanese civil war . His cousin Maya was also killed in an assassination attempt that actually targeted Bachir. The family has been active in Lebanese politics for generations.
Gemayel studied law at the Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut and in Paris . After graduating, he joined his father's law firm . On September 25, 1999, he married his wife, Patrica Daif, in Limassol , Cyprus . The marriage resulted in two sons. Gemayel had a sister, Nicole, and a younger brother, Samir.
He participated in the elections in 2000 in the al-Matn district . Gemayel was a member of the Kata'ib movement, which opposed the official line of the Kata'ib party. The party was then led by pro-Syrian politicians. He later joined the Qurnat Shahwan Collection , a loose political association of politicians and intellectuals, of which his father Amin Gemayel is a member. He was against the extension of Émile Lahoud's presidency and took part in the so-called Cedar Revolution after the attack on the vehicle convoy of the former Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri .
In the 2005 parliamentary elections , he won a seat in the National Assembly as the only representative of the Rafiq Hariri list of martyrs in the Metn district, after agreements with the alliance of Michel Aoun and Michel Murr , who did not set up any opposing candidates .
The Phalangists, as the supporters of the Kata'ib party are also called, are considered pro-Western and anti-Syrian.
Attack in November 2006
According to a report by Reuters news agency , eyewitnesses saw that shortly after 3 p.m. local time at least three men first rammed the minister's vehicle and then opened fire on the politician's vehicle.
Gemayel was rushed to the Saint-Joseph Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. According to a doctor, he was hit in the head and chest. Pierre Gemayel Jr. is the fifth anti-Syrian politician to have been assassinated in Lebanon since February 2005.
The United Nations Security Council condemned the attack, calling Gemayel "a patriot who was a symbol of the freedom and political independence of Lebanon" .
Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir , Patriarch of the Maronites , with great sympathy from many Lebanese, regardless of denomination, celebrated the Requiem for the murdered Christian minister Pierre Gemayel in the St. George's Cathedral in Beirut .
Web links
- World community fears for stability of the country after murder . Welt Online , November 21, 2006
- Lebanon: Alarm mood after Gemayel's assassination . Spiegel Online , November 21, 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Industry minister Pierre Gemayel quick biography . In: The Daily Star , November 21, 2006
- ↑ Lebanon politics mired in murder . BBC News , Nov. 21, 2006
- ↑ a b Lebanese Christian leader killed . BBC News , Nov. 21, 2006
- ^ Security Council, in Presidential Statement, condemns assassinatation . United Nations , November 21, 2006
- ↑ Lebanon: Cardinal buries politicians . Vatican Radio , November 23, 2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gemayel, Pierre junior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gemayel, Pierre Amine (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beirut |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 2006 |
| Place of death | Beirut |