- Sitrida Geagea
Sitrida Taouk Geagea, (
Arabic : ستريدا طوق جعجع), (also written "Sethrida " or "Setrida") is a Lebanese politician bornMay 31 ,1967 inGhana , as SitridaTaouk .Early life
Sitrida Geagea hails from a prominent
Maronite Lebanese family that owned businessescitation in West Africa. She is the niece of longtimeBsharri MP, DrGibran Tawk . In her teens, Sitrida was renowned for her beauty, which made her a media favorite in Lebanon. Her political activism began while at theLebanese University , and it led to meeting the leader of theLebanese Forces (LF),Samir Geagea , whom she later married.Political career
Sitrida Geagea publicly criticized the presence of the
Syrian army in Lebanon during thePax Syriana over Lebanon from 1991 to April 2005, when Syrian troops withdrew from Lebanon as a result of international pressure and theCedar Revolution . She also became the sole voice of the party duringGeagea 's decade-long political imprisonment. She led the LF in his absence and worked with other mainly Christian Lebanese parties and groups such as theQornet Chehwan Gathering and theFree Patriotic Movement for his release, which finally happened onJuly 26 ,2005 .Sitrida Geagea was elected to the
Lebanese Parliament in 2005 asBsharri 's MP, along withElie Kayrouz .ee also
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Lebanese Forces
*Samir Geagea
*List of Lebanese Forces Deputies in the Lebanese Parliament
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