Karim Pakradouni
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Karim Pakradouni (Arabic: كريم بقرادوني), born in Beirut on August 18, 1944 to an Armenian Orthodox father and Maronite Catholic mother, is a Lebanese Christian attorney and politician. He has been a leading figure in the Kataeb Party since 1968 when he became head of its student wing. He was elected to the party's political bureau in 1970 and remained in the party's top echelon, leading the so-called "Arabist" faction of the Phalange,[1] which favored close ties with Syria. During the 1980s, he was a leading figure in the Lebanese Forces; until December 2007 he was the hands-on leader of the Kataeb party, while former Lebanese president Amin Gemayel was the "higher leader." In December 2007 Gemayel became only leader. Consequently, in 2008, Karim Pakradouni pended his resignation from the Kataeb party.
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Jean-Marc Aractingi (2006). "Lebanon". La Politique à mes trousses (Politics at my heels). Paris: Editions l'Harmattan. ISBN ISBN 978-2-296-00469-6.
- ^ Rabil, Robert G. (2003). Embattled neighbors: Syria, Israel, and Lebanon. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 83. ISBN 9781588261496. http://books.google.com/books?id=heR4OG-LdIYC&pg=PA83. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
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