Fouad Abou Nader

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Fouad Abou Nader فؤاد أبو ناضر
Leader of LF
In office 1984–1985
Preceded by	Fadi Frem
Succeeded by	Elie Hobeika
Personal details
Born	(1956-06-27) June 27, 1956 (age 68) Baskinta, Lebanon

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Fouad Abou Nader (Arabic: فؤاد أبو ناضر) is a Lebanese Christian politician and former leader of the Lebanese Forces.^[1] A grandson of the Kataeb Party founder Pierre Gemayel, Abou Nader became a Kataeb party activist and head of the elite Kataeb troop called the "BG" and later on head of the Lebanese Forces after the union of various Christian military groupings. After an internal revolt in the Lebanese Forces led by Elie Hobeika and Samir Geagea against his leadership, he relinquished his power to them, refusing to fight in what he considered a fratricide venture.

Abou Nader remained active in the Lebanese Forces veterans group and return briefly to the Kataeb party. The party was marred at the time by deep divisions between various factions, and Nader eventually left. He later established his own political movement, Liberty Front, that he heads as general coordinator.

Nader was seriously injured in 1975, 1976 and 1983 in fights against Palestinians and Syrians. In 1986, he survived an assassination attempt but was severely wounded. In the late 1980s, he also established a medical and paramedical engineering firm.