Later Years
Gemayel saw his younger son, Bachir Gemayel, elected President of Lebanon on 13 August 1982, only to be assassinated on 14 September, nine days before his scheduled inauguration. Bachir's older brother, Amine Gemayel was elected to replace him. Pierre Gemayel himself initially stayed out of his son's government, but in early 1984, after participating in two conferences in Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland, aimed at ending the civil war and the occupation of the country by Israeli troops which had invaded in 1982, he agreed to serve once more in a Cabinet of National Unity.
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