Report: Sami Gemayel Officially Assumes Tasks this Week
MP Sami Gemayel is expected to officially assume his tasks as Kataeb Party leader during a meeting on Wednesday, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported.
The daily said that Gemayel, who was elected Kataeb chief last month, will preside at the party headquarters in Beirut's Saifi area a meeting for the new politburo and the members of the political bureau whose terms have expired.
During the meeting, which will also be attended by his father Amin Gemayel who was the Kataeb leader before the MP's election, Sami will officially assume his tasks, said the report.
Sami was born on December 3, 1980.
His older brother, Pierre, was a member of parliament and the minister of industry until his assassination on November 21, 2006.
His grandfather, Pierre Gemayel, founded the Kataeb Party in 1936. Sami is also the nephew of slain President-elect Bashir Gemayel, who was assassinated in 1982.
After the 2006 assassination of his brother Pierre, Sami rejoined the Kataeb Party to head the Youth and Student Council and he later became the coordinator of the Central Committee.
He had left the party in 2006 to form the Loubnanouna Movement.
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