Jean Njeim
Jean Njeim | |
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5th Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces | |
In office 7 January 1970 – 25 Juli 1971 | |
Preceded by | Emile Boustany |
Succeeded by | Iskandar Ghanem |
Personal details | |
Born | 1915 Kfartyeh-Caza, Keserwan, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 24 July 1971 (aged 55–56) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Lebanese Army |
Rank | General |
Battles/wars | 1948 Israeli-Arab War 1958 Lebanon Crisis Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon |
Jean Njeim (Arabic: جان آغا نجيم) (1915 – 24 July 1971) was a Lebanese Army general commander. He was born in Kfartyeh-Caza, Keserwan, Ottoman Empire in 1915. He entered the Military Academy at Homs as a cadet officer in 1933. He was promoted to colonel in 1959 and to brigadier general in 1965 and to general in 1967.[1] Njeim was appointed commander of the Lebanese Army on 7 January 1979, replacing Emile Bustani who had been removed from the post.[2] Njeim opposed to the expansion of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon.[3] He was in office until his death in a helicopter crash on 24 July 1971.[4] He was succeeded by Iskandar Ghanem as commander of the Lebanese Army.[4]
References
- ^ Lebanese Army website - Biography of General Jean Njeim
- ^ "Chronology November 16, 1969-February 15, 1970". Middle East Journal. 24 (2): 193. Spring 1970. JSTOR 4324584.
- ^ Antoine Trad (2018). "The Business Transformation and Enterprise Architecture Framework Applied to Analyze the Historically Recent Rise and the 1975 Fall of the Lebanese Business Ecosystem". In Esther Akumbo Nyam; Asiru Tunde (eds.). Impacts of Violent Conflicts on Resource Control and Sustainability. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-5225-5988-7.
- ^ a b "Funeral of Lebanese Army Commander Killed In Helicopter Crash. 1971". Pathé News. Reuters. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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- Fuad Chehab (1945–58)
- Toufic Salem (1958–59)
- Adel Shehab (1959–65)
- Emile Boustany (1965–70)
- Jean Njeim (1970–71)
- Iskandar Ghanem (1971–75)
- Hanna Saïd (1975–77)
- Victor Khoury (1977–82)
- Ibrahim Tannous (1982–84)
- Michel Aoun (1984–89)
- Émile Lahoud (1989–98)
- Michel Suleiman (1998–2008)
- Jean Kahwaji (2008–17)
- Joseph Aoun (2017–)
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