Summary
The Lebanese Forces will announce this week Samir Geagea's candidacy for president, the country's top Christian post, the party said Wednesday.
Geagea said last week he was a "natural candidate" to succeed President Michel Sleiman and vowed to prioritize the controversial issue of Hezbollah's military involvement in Syria if elected.
Born on Oct. 26, 1952, in the Beirut eastern suburb of Ain al-Rummaneh, Geagea joined the Kataeb party in his early years and later became the head of the Lebanese Forces militia in 1986 .
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