Editing Samir Geagea (section)

== Early life and education ==
Geagea was born in the Ain el-Remmeneh district in [[Beirut]] on 25 October 1952 to a modest [[Maronite Christianity in Lebanon|Maronite]] family from the town of [[Bsharri]] in [[North Lebanon|northern Lebanon]].<ref name="samirgeagea.info"/> His father, Farid Geagea<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Jun-10/259613-geageas-father-passes-away.ashx#axzz34M8vGT7r|title=Geagea's father passes away |website=www.dailystar.com.lb}}</ref> was an adjutant in the [[Lebanese Army]]. His brother, Joseph, is a mathematician in Maryland<ref>{{Cite web |title=JaJa, Joseph {{!}} Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |url=https://ece.umd.edu/clark/faculty/415/Joseph-JaJa |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=ece.umd.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Samir Geagea Biography |url=https://samirgeagea.info/samir-geagea-biography/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Dr. Samir Geagea |language=en-US}}</ref> He attended "Ecole Bénilde" elementary and secondary school in Furn el-Chebek, which was a free private school. With the aid of a scholarship from the [[Gibran Khalil Gibran|Khalil Gibran]] association, he studied medicine at the [[American University of Beirut]] and then at [[Saint Joseph University]]. After the outbreak of civil war in 1975, Geagea interrupted his four years studies at the [[American University of Beirut]]. He was an active member of the right-wing [[Kataeb Party (Lebanon)|Phalangist Party]], which became the main Christian fighting force upon the outbreak of the [[Lebanese Civil War]] in 1975.<ref name="war">{{Cite book|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn= 978-0-275-95389-8|page=195|last= Abraham|first=Antoine|title=The Lebanon war|year=1996}}</ref> He is married to MP [[Sethrida Geagea]].