The Kataeb Social Democratic Party الكتائب اللبنانية, better known as the Phalange, is a Lebanese political party that was first established as a youth movement in 1936 by Pierre Gemayel. Its official name is the Social Democratic Party.

The influence of the Phalangists was very limited in the early years of Lebanon's independence, but came to prominence as a champion of the Christian cause in the crisis of 1958. In the aftermath of the war, Pierre Gemayel was appointed to the cabinet, and two years later, was elected to the National Assembly. By the end of the decade, the Phalangists held 9 seats in the 99-member National Assembly, making it one of the largest groupings in Lebanon's notoriously fractured political system.

In the 1970s, the Phalangists built a military branch, which by 1976 was led by Bachir Gemayel, Pierre Gemayel's son. Bachir Gemayel was elected President of the Republic by the National Assembly in 1982. Bashir was assassinated less than a month later in a operation thought to have been arranged by Syrian intelligence and was in turn succeeded by his brother, Amine Gemayel. Amine was widely regarded at the time as possessing neither the charisma and military skill of his brother Bachir, nor the consummate political experience of his father Pierre, and had difficulty rallying the nation and the Phalange Party around him.

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MP Gemayel: the Kataeb cause is based on Lebanon's independence, sovereignty, freedom, democracy and civilization. http://bit.ly/58RMUM
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MP Gemayel: the Kataeb cause is based on Lebanon's independence, sovereignty, freedom, democracy and civilization.http://bit.ly/58RMUM
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MP Gemayel: the Kataeb cause is based on Lebanon's independence, sovereignty, freedom, democracy and civilization.http://bit.ly/58RMUM
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