Gemayel family

Maronite politics
This article is part of a series on

People Samir Geagea Émile Eddé Bechara El Khoury Alfred Naqqache Camille Chamoun Suleiman Frangieh Pierre Gemayel Bachir Gemayel Amine Gemayel Michel Aoun Gebran Bassil
Families Chamoun Frangieh Gemayel Khazen Moawad
Parties Lebanese Forces National Bloc Constitutional Bloc Kataeb National Liberal Marada Movement Free Patriotic Movement
Resistance Lebanese Forces (Lebanese Resistance) Kataeb Regulatory Forces Tigers Al-Tanzim Guardians of the Cedars
Lebanon portal
v t e

Gemayel (/ʒəmaɪˈɛl/; Arabic: الجميّل; romanized: al-Jumayyil) is the name of a prominent Lebanese Maronite Christian family based in Bikfaya, Lebanon.^[1]

History

The family is mentioned in bureaucratic records as among the inhabitants of Bikfaya as early as the 16th century. Between that time until the 18th century they were the sheikhs of the village.^[2] In 1642 Sheikh Abu Aoun was the joint governor of the subdistrict of Bsharri alongside the Druze chief Zayn al-Din of the Sawwaf family.^[2]

Notable members

Philip Gemayel, Maronite patriarch from 1795 to 1796
César Gemayel (1898-1958), Lebanese painter
Pierre Gemayel (1905–1984), Lebanese political leader and founder of the Kataeb Party
Geneviève Gemayel (1908–2003), Lebanese political figure, pilot and artist
Maurice Gemayel (1910–1970), Member of Parliament, brother-in-law of Pierre Gemayel
Amine Gemayel (born 1942), President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988, son of Pierre Gemayel
Bachir Gemayel (1947–1982), son of Pierre Gemayel and Lebanese military commander, politician and president-elect
Joyce Gemayel, former First Lady of Lebanon, Amine Gemayel's wife
Pierre Amine Gemayel (1972–2006), Lebanese politician, government minister, assassinated son of President Amine Gemayel
Samy Gemayel (born 1980), Lebanese politician, son of Amine Gemayel and brother of Pierre Amine Gemayel
Solange Gemayel (born 1949), former First Lady of Lebanon, widow of former President-elect Bachir Gemayel and was a Member of Parliament from 2005 to 2009
Nadim Gemayel (born 1982), Lebanese politician, son of Bachir Gemayel
Boutros Gemayel (1932-2021), Archbishop of Cipro, Cyprus

References

^ "Gemayel family | Pierre, Bashir, & Amin".
^ ^a ^b Hourani 2010, p. 1086.

Bibliography

Hourani, Alexander (2010). New Documents on the History of Mount Lebanon and Arabistan in the 10th and 11th Centuries H. Beirut.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Gemayel family.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.