Joyce Gemayel
{{Short description|First Lady of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988}}
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| name = Joyce Gemayel
جويس الجميل
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| office = First Lady of Lebanon
| term_label = In role
| term_start = 23 September 1982
| term_end = 22 September 1988
| president = Amine Gemayel
| predecessor = Solange Gemayel
| successor = Nadia El-Chami
| birth_name = Joyce Tyan
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| birth_place = Lebanon
| nationality = Lebanese
| party = Kataeb Party
| spouse = {{marriage|Amine Gemayel|1967}}
| children = Nicole Gemayel
Pierre Gemayel
Samy Gemayel
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Joyce Gemayel ({{langx|ar|جويس الجميل}}) (born Joyce Tyan, {{langx|ar|جويس تيان}}) is the former First Lady of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988, wife of former President of Lebanon Amine Gemayel, and mother of the assassinated politician Pierre Amine Gemayel, and Samy Gemayel.
Personal life
Joyce Tyan married Amine Gemayel in 1967, becoming part "of one of Lebanon's most prominent Christian political dynasties."{{cite news|first=Martin|last=Asser|title=Obituary: Pierre Gemayel|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6169978.stm|publisher=BBC News |date=21 November 2006|accessdate=29 May 2007}} They have three children, Nicole, Pierre and Samy.
Pierre Gemayel was assassinated on 21 November 2006. Images of Joyce Gemayel grieving her son were widely used in global media reports,{{cite news|url=http://www.christiantoday.com/photogallery/?id=232&pic=8|title=Thousands Mourn Slain Christian Minister in Lebanon|newspaper=Christian Today|date=23 November 2006|accessdate=29 May 2007|archive-date=29 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095619/http://www.christiantoday.com/photogallery/?id=232&pic=8|url-status=dead}} illustrating the "tears and cries of anger" of the mourners.{{cite news|title=Lebanon Crisis Deepens |url=http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20165&Itemid=146 |newspaper=Saudi Gazette |date=23 November 2006 |accessdate=29 May 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025205140/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20165&Itemid=146 |archivedate=25 October 2007 |url-status=dead }} Subsequently, and alongside her husband,{{cite news|first=Mark|last=MacKinnon|title=Gemayel murder leads to second 'Independence Intifada'|url=http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2006/11/gemayel_murder.php|newspaper=Ya Libnan|date=24 November 2006|accessdate=29 May 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211133620/http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2006/11/gemayel_murder.php|archivedate=11 February 2007}} Gemayel spoke out against politically motivated killings in Lebanon, and encouraged Christian Lebanese to be "united" in opposition to Syrian influence in the country.
{{cite news|title=Lebanon won't give in to pro-Syrian threats|url=http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2006/11/lebanon_wont_gi.php|newspaper=Ya Libnan|date=30 November 2006|accessdate=29 May 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211133650/http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2006/11/lebanon_wont_gi.php|archivedate=11 February 2007}}
References
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Category:First ladies of Lebanon
Category:Lebanese anti-communists
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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