Sitrida Geagea
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Sitrida Taouk Geagea, ستريدا جعجع (born 1967 in Ghana, as Sitrida Taouk) is a Lebanese politician. She hails from a prominent Maronite Lebanese family who owned business in West Africa. She is the niece of longtime Bsharri MP, Dr Gibran Taouk. In her teens, Sitrida was renowned for her beauty, which made her a media favorite in Lebanon. Her political activism began while at the Lebanese University, and it led to meeting the leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF),Samir Geagea whom she later married. She is better-known for being one of the first politicians to publicly criticize the Syrian occupation of Lebanon and for being the sole voice of the party during Geagea's decade-long political imprisonment. She led the LF in his absence and campaigned with her allies, the Qornet Chehwan Gathering, the Socialist Democratic Party and the Future Movement for his release, which finally happened on 26 July 2005.
Sitrida Geagea was elected to the Lebanese Parliament in 2005, and she is actively lobbying for the release of all Lebanese political prisoners in Syria. She is a firm believer of Lebanon's unity and Christian-Muslim alliance.
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