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'''Samir Farid Geagea''' ({{lang-ar|سمير فريد جعجع}},&nbsp;{{small|[[Lebanese Arabic]]:}} {{IPA|ar|saˈmiːɾ faˈɾiːd ˈʒaʕʒaʕ|}} {{Pronunciation|En-us-Samir Geagea from Lebanon pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg|listen}}, also spelled '''Samir Ja'ja'''' ; born 25 October 1952) is a Lebanese politician and former [[Lebanese Forces (militia)|militia]] commander who has been the leader of the [[Lebanese Forces]] Christian political party and former militia since 1986.<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-samir-geagea-hezbollah-israel-gaza-01ea179f1b6f5a4b131a2b1f715d883f "Lebanese Christian leader says Hezbollah’s fighting with Israel has harmed Lebanon,"] AP.</ref>

Born in [[Ain El Remmaneh|Ain al-Remaneh]] in [[Beirut]] with origins from [[Bsharri]], Geagea joined the Christian<ref>[https://lobelog.com/isis-improves-hezbollahs-standing/ "ISIS Improves Hezbollah’s Standing,"] ''Lobe Log''.</ref> [[Kataeb Party]] in his early years. He led the Northern Front in the Lebanese Forces from 1979 to 1984.<ref name="newlebanon.info">{{cite web|url=https://www.newlebanon.info/lebanon-now/288110/%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D8%B9%D8%AC%D8%B9 |title=من هو سمير جعجع؟ |publisher=Newlebanon.info |date= 25 October 2016|accessdate=2022-12-25}}</ref> In March 1985, after the deterioration of the Christian political situation in the eastern regions after the assassination of the Lebanese Forces leader [[Bachir Gemayel]], he led, jointly with [[Elie Hobeika]] and [[Karim Pakradouni]], an uprising that led to control of the political situation without any bloodshed.<ref name="newlebanon.info"/> On 15 January 1986, Geagea led a movement against the tripartite agreement sponsored by Syria to become the commander of the Lebanese Forces after the overthrow of Elie Hobeika, head of the executive body at the time and one of the signatories of the tripartite agreement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lebanese-forces.com/person/politicians-samir-geagea/|title = د . سمير جعجع}}</ref>

Geagea initially supported the "[[War of Liberation (1989–1990)|War of Liberation]]" declared by disputed Prime Minister General [[Michel Aoun]] against the Syrian Army. On 31 January 1990, General Aoun declared war on the Lebanese Forces led by Samir Geagea under the name "elimination war".<ref name="newlebanon.info"/> Led by Samir Geagea, the Lebanese Forces agreed to the [[Taif Agreement|Taif Accord]] peace agreement that ended the [[Lebanese Civil War|civil war]] and ceded control of its territory and weapons to the [[Lebanese Armed Forces|Lebanese Army]] in 1991. In accordance with the agreement, he immediately dissolved the military and security arm of the Lebanese Forces and surrendered all its military assets to the Lebanese Army. But as Beirut was under the control of the [[Syrian Army]], the party members were subject to pressure and Syrian forces refused to withdraw as set out in the agreement.<ref name="reuters.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/what-is-lebanese-forces-party-2021-10-21/|title = Factbox: What is the Lebanese Forces party?|newspaper = Reuters|date = 21 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="samirgeagea.info">{{Cite web|url=https://samirgeagea.info/samir-geagea-biography/|title=Samir Geagea Biography|website=Dr. Samir Geagea|accessdate=25 December 2022}}</ref>