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, which favored close ties with Syria. During the 1980's, he was a leading figure in the Lebanese Forces; today, he is the hands-on leader of the Kataeb party, while former Lebanese president Amin Gemayel is the "higher leader."
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