Pierre Amine Gemayel (Arabic: ; commonly known as Pierre Gemayel Jr., Pierre Amine or simply Pierre Gemayel; September 24 1972 – November 21 2006) was a Lebanese politician in the Kataeb Party, better known in English as the Phalange Party. Lebanon"s second-youngest MP, he was a rising star in his party. Pierre Gemayel - Comment - Times Online He was a vocal critic of Syria"s military presence in and political domination of Lebanon, and an active member of the anti-Syrian and pro-Western parliamentary majority, the March 14 Alliance.He was serving as Minister of Industry when he was assassinated on November 21 2006. He was the third member of his family to be assassinated in 25 years. His uncle Bachir Gemayel was assassinated in 1982, also at age 34, and Bachir"s 1-year-old daughter was killed in a car bomb attack in 1980, initially supposed to target him.Gemayel was the fifth prominent anti-Syrian figure to be killed in Lebanon in two years. Killing seen as bid by Damascus, Tehran to hit U.S. role in Mideast - Sharon Behn, The Washington times - November 22 2006



Political family

His family has long been involved in Lebanese politics. Gemayel, a Maronite Christian, was the son of former President Amine Gemayel who in 1983 signed the May 17 Accords with Israel, and a grandson of Pierre Gemayel (after whom he was named), who founded the Kataeb Party, also known as the Phalange, a right-wing party supported largely by Maronite Christians and one of the major players on Lebanon"s political scene.He was also a nephew of former president-elect Bachir Gemayel, who was assassinated in Beirut in 1982.