Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces
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The Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces is a position in the Lebanese Army
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Lebanese Armed Forces
The Lebanese Armed Forces or Forces Armées Libanaises in French, also known as the Lebanese Army according to its official Website The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) (Arabic: القوات المسلحة اللبنانية | Al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa al-Lubnāniyya) or Forces Armées Libanaises in French, also known as the...
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Commanders
This is a list of the LAF commanders since its the date of its establishment till the present period:- 1 August 1945 to 22 September 1958 Fouad Chéhab
- 9 October 1958 to 31 January 1959 Toufic Salem
- 1 February 1959 to 30 June 1965 Adel Shehab
- 1 July 1965 to 6 January 1970 Emile BoustanyEmile BoustanyEmile Boustany was born in Junieh-Caza of Keserwan. He served as a Commander of General rank in the Lebanese Armed Forces from 1 July 1965 to 6 January 1970....
- 7 January 1970 to 24 July 1971 Jean Njeim
- 25 July 1971 to 9 September 1975 Iskandar Ghanem
- 10 September 1975 to 27 March 1977 Hanna Saïd
- 28 March 1977 to 7 December 1982 Victor Khoury
- 8 December 1982 to 22 June 1984 Ibrahim TannousIbrahim TannousIbrahim Tannous , is a former commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces. He gave his resignation and was succeeded by Michel Aoun in June of 1984 after accusations were leveled at him of anti-Muslim bias.-External links:*...
- 23 June 1984 to 13 October 1990 Michel AounMichel AounMichel Naim Aoun is a former Lebanese Army Commander and he is one of the allies of Hezbollah. From 22 September 1988 to 13 October 1990, he has served as Prime Minister of the legal one of two rival governments that contended for power. He declared "The Liberation War" against the Syrian...
- 28 November 1989 to 23 November 1998 Émile LahoudÉmile LahoudGeneral Émile Jamil Lahoud is a former President of Lebanon. Lahoud is a Maronite-Catholic, as is required for the Lebanese presidency. Under Lebanon's unwritten constitutional agreement, the National Pact, the presidency is earmarked for Maronite_Catholic, the parliament speaker's post for a Shia...
- 21 December 1998 to 2008 Michel Sleiman
- 30 August 2008 to present Jean KahwajiJean KahwajiJean Kahwaji is a Lebanese general and present commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces.-Background:Kahwaji is married to Marlene Sfeir and they have three children, Jad, Joanna and Joe. He is a Maronite Christian and had headed the army's 12th Infantry Brigade since 2002.Kahwaji joined the army in...