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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningAmine GemayelFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchAmine GemayelAmine Gemayel (Arabic: Ããíä ÇáÌãíá) (born 1942) was President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988.Born in Beirut, Amine Gemayel (IPA: [??min d??ma???l]) [1] is the son of Pierre Gemayel, founder of the Kataeb Party. Gemayel was elected to the presidency by the National Assembly on September 21, 1982, to succeed his brother Bachir Gemayel who had been elected the previous month but had been assassinated before taking office.After obtaining a law degree, Amine Gemayel concentrated on building up his familys newspaper business. In a 1969 byelection, he was elected to succeed his deceased uncle, Maurice Gemayel, as a member of the National Assembly; he defeated Fuad Lahoud by a margin of 54 percent to 41 percent. In 1972, in the last election to be held for 20 years, he was reelected by a large margin.While his younger brother Bashir was regarded as a political radical, espousing the expulsion of Palestinian guerrillas from Lebanese soil and a radical overhaul of the political system, and hinting at a possible peace settlement with Israel, Amine Gemayel was considered more moderate. Always a consensus politician, he avoided, at least in his pre-presidential years, alienating Muslim politicians as his brother had done. When Bashir Gemayel was assassinated, therefore, Amine was regarded as a natural choice to bring together both the supporters of his slain brother, and his Muslim opponents.The presidency proved to be a nearly impossible calling, however. With foreign armies occupying two-thirds of the country (Syria in the north and east, Israel in the south), and private armies independent of government control occupying most of the rest, Gemayels government lacked any real power. His efforts to reach a peace settlement with Israel were stymied by Syria and by Muslim politicians at home. His government found itself largely unable to collect income tax, as warlords controlling the ports and major cities pocketed the tax take themselves. Many have criticized Gemayel for not moving decisively enough to assert the authority of the government, but others have pointed out that with most of the country under foreign occupation, there was little that he could do. In virtually impossible circumstances, he kept a semblance of constitutional order.This order began to unravel in 1988. Gemayel, whose term was due to end on 23 September, was constitutionally barred from reelection. Syria, still occupying much of Lebanon, insisted on proposing Michael Daher, who was well-known for his pro-Syrian views, as the new president, but he was unacceptable to Christian politicians, many of whom preferred Dany Chamoun, the son of former president Camille Chamoun, or General Michel Aoun, the commander of the army. Chamoun and Aoun were both unacceptable to Syria and to Muslim politicians in Lebanon. A constitutional crisis developed. Fifteen minutes
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