Georges Saadeh

Georges Saadeh ( _ar. جورج سعاده) (November 21, 1930 – November 17, 1998) was a Lebanese politician. He was appointed as a minister in several governments and was the head of Kataeb party for twelve years.

He was born in Chabtine, a small village in the caza of Batroun. He was the third child of a poor Maronite family of six boys. His father was a cavalier in the Lebanese Interior Security Forces.

Georges Saadeh studied Arabic literature at the Lebanese Academy for Fine Arts and then graduated with a PhD from the Salamanca University in Spain.

He entered the Kataeb Party at the age of 15 and after his return from Spain he became Pierre Gemayel's advisor. He was still an employee in the Lebanese Ministry of Education when the party asked him to run for the Batroun legislative election in 1968. That same year he won the elections and graduated from Law school.

Georges Saadeh became one of the Kataeb's most acclaimed orators.In 1986, Georges Saadeh became the head of the Kataeb Party after winning the elections over Dr Elie Karameh. He was supported by Pierre Gemayel's first camarades "the old guard" and by Samir Geagea's Lebanese Forces.

In 1989, Georges Saadeh became the Christian leader and cover of the Taif Agreement. He never ceased to defend this agreement and demand its application regardless of the pressure exercised by the Syrian regime to lower his voice.

In 1998 he wrote his book "My story with the Taif Agreement" in which he decided to divulge the secrets of the controversial agreement today acclaimed. He didn't live to see the distribution of his book, he died of cancer on November 17, 1998. His elder son was in charge of the book's distribution. Georges Saadeh, died at the age of 68 leaving behind a wife, Lily El Khazen and 3 children Samer, Myra and Rami. His son Samer decided to pursue his political work.

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..Minister of planing government of Saeb Salam in 1972...Minister of transportation and public works government of rachid il solih 1974...Minister of telecommunication government of salim il hoss in 1989...Minister of telecommunication government of Rachid karami in 1990...Minister of telecommunication government of Rachil el solih in 1990.

..head of the kataeb from 1986 till his death in 1998.

..head of the Lebanese front after the death of H.E camille chamoun.

..Was the main collaborator of president elect H.E. Bashir gemayel.

..Was elected to the second tour of the 1989 presidency elections.

..The main Christian broker of the Taef agreement.

..Attempted assassination by a car bomb in 1989 in furn il chebak.