Lebanon Party leader
Gebran Bassil
جبران باسيلLeader of the Free Patriotic Movement since 2015 and son-in-law of Michel Aoun. Former Foreign Minister; sanctioned by the US under the Magnitsky Act in 2020.
- Country
- Lebanon
- Party
- Free Patriotic Movement
- Role
- Party leader
Inherited position
Until Gebran Bassil is scored from their own documents, this page shows their party's compass position. Where individuals visibly diverge from the party line, the gap is noted in the description above; quantifying it is what per-individual document scoring will add.
Briefs about Free Patriotic Movement
Hand-written political-science mini-papers comparing Free Patriotic Movement to other parties. 2 briefs on file.
- Free Patriotic Movement vs. Kataeb Party LB Maronite right against Aoun's Christian-Hezbollah pivot. Kataeb's civil-war Christian-right legacy against FPM's alliance with Hezbollah. The Christian Lebanese pair that doesn't include the Lebanese Forces.
- Free Patriotic Movement vs. Lebanese Forces LB The Christian Lebanese rift. Aoun's FPM-Hezbollah alliance against Geagea's Lebanese Forces opposition. The same Maronite political constituency split into two pro-state and anti-Hezbollah camps.
Other politicians in Free Patriotic Movement
Politicians who share this party affiliation. Active in-government figures appear first; historical figures (dimmed) at the end. All affiliated →
Source documents
Texts tied to this politician — speeches, interviews, op-eds. The scoring pipeline reads these when scoring positions against documents. All documents →
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Speech English 2025-03-31 Gebran Bassil — lecture in Hungary, “Which Role for the Christians in shaping the Future of the Middle East?”, 31 March 2025 (FPM-official English text)
We, the Free Patriotic Movement, have tried to reflect the concerns of our community, whilst working on the consolidation of the Lebanese institutions. We have always believed that our political efficiency hinges on…
How to cite
Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.
In-text: (Gara, 2026)
Per-record citation
APA 7Reference list · academic default
Gara, T. (2026). Gebran Bassil [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/gebran-bassil
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Gebran Bassil." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/gebran-bassil.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-gebran-bassil,
title = {{Gebran Bassil}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
type = {Politician profile},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/gebran-bassil},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
note = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
} Dataset / working-paper citation
If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.
APA 7Preprint
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
title = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
type = {Preprint},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
note = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
} First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.