Nadim Gemayel | |
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Born |
Bikfaya |
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Residence | Achrafieh |
Nationality | Lebanese |
Occupation | Politician |
Home town | Bikfaya |
Title |
Vice-President, Achrafieh Kataeb District |
Political party | Kataeb Party |
Parent(s) |
Bachir Gemayel (deceased) Solange Gemayel |
Relatives |
Amine Gemayel (uncle) Pierre Gemayel (grandfather) Pierre Gemayel, Jr. (cousin) Sami Gemayel (cousin) |
Website | Official website |
Nadim Bashir Gemayel (born 1 May 1982), is a Lebanese politician and member of the Kataeb party. He is mostly known for being the son of former Lebanese president-elect Bachir Gemayel.
Nadim Gemayel was born in Bikfaya on 1 May 1982 to Solange Gemayel (née Toutounji), and Bashir Gemayel, a Maronite Christian from Bikfaya, Mount Lebanon. Nadim is the youngest to two sisters, Youmna (born 1980) and Maya (born 1978). Maya was only 18 months old when she was killed in 1980 by a car bomb that was intended for her father.
Nadim Gemayel's father, Bachir Gemayel, was a prominent national leader in Lebanon and an elected President of the Republic in (1982). Bashir Gemayel was assassinated on 14 of September 1982, 21 days after being elected president. Nadim was only four months old when his father was killed.
Following high school, Nadim Gemayel moved to France to pursue his law degree and graduated from Panthéon-Assas University in 2004. He currently practices law with a prominent law firm which maintains offices in Lebanon and Qatar.
In addition to his position inside the Kataeb party, Nadim Gemayel holds a seat in the Lebanese Parliament and serves as co-chairperson of the Bachir Gemayel Foundation, founded in 1982 following the assassination of his father.
Believing in what he says was his father's dream of freeing Lebanon from all foreign occupiers and unifying its people, Nadim Gemayel started his political struggle at a relatively young age. He has successfully secured a prominent position within the Kataeb Party in spite of many obstacles, and has won parliamentary elections in Achrafieh where he enjoys an undisputed popularity.