However, he was regarded as the Syria’s choice, but not the Muslim-Palestinian alliance’s. It was the reason for twenty-nine members of the Assembly boycotted his election session. Succession
Sarkis was to be succeeded by Bachir Gemayel, who was elected President on the 23rd of August 1982 with seventy-seven votes. However, Gemayel was assassinated 21 days before he was due to take office. Amine Gemayel, Bachir's brother, was subsequently elected in his stead, and Sarkis handed the presidency over to him on 23 September 1982. Death
Sarkis died in Paris from cancer on 27 June 1985, at the age of 60. His body was returned to Lebanon. Then-Lebanese President Amine Gemayel led mourners at his funeral in Beirut on 29 June 1985. The requiem mass in East Beirut was attended by a Syrian delegation led by a government minister representing then Syrian president Hafez Assad. His body was buried in his hometown, Chebanieh, on the same day.
However, he was regarded as the Syria ’ s choice, but not the Muslim-Palestinian alliance ’ s. It was the reason for twenty-nine members of the Assembly boycotted his election session. Succession
Sarkis was to be succeeded by Bachir Gemayel, who was elected President on the 23rd of August 1982 with seventy-seven votes. However, Gemayel was assassinated 21 days before he was due to take office. Amine Gemayel, Bachir's brother, was subsequently elected in his stead, and Sarkis handed the presidency over to him on 23 September 1982. Death:
Sarkis died in Paris from cancer on 27 June 1985, at the age of 40. His body was returned to Lebanon. Then-Lebanese President Amine Gemayel led mourners at his funeral in Beirut on 29 June 1985. The requiem mass in East Beirut was attended by a Syrian delegation led by a government minister representing then Syrian president Hafez Assad. His body was buried in his hometown, Chebanieh, on the same day.