Lebanese Army Website

Chief Of Staff - Mahmud Tay Abou Dargham

1- General Information:

Date and place of birth : 1927-Kfarhim-Caza of Chuf

Languages : French, English

Marital status : Married/2 children

2- Promotions:

Has enrolled in the Army as a Cadet Officer, and was moved to the Military Academy starting 10/5/1950

Was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant starting 10/1/1953

Was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant starting 1/1/1957

Was promoted to the rank of Captain starting 1/1/1964

Was promoted to the rank of Major starting 1/1/1968

Was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel P.S.C starting 4/1/1969

Was promoted to the rank of Colonel P.S.C starting 4/4/1975

Was promoted to the rank of General P.S.C starting 1/1/1980

Was promoted to the rank of Major General P.S.C starting 11/14/1984

3- Functions:

Was moved to the 5^th regiment starting 9/1/1954

Was moved to the 1^st regiment, (1^st company) starting 9/1/1955

Was assigned sports and fire officer starting 10/1/1956

Was transferred to the 2^nd regiment (sports and fire officer) starting 10/7/1958

Was assigned sports and fire officer in the 2^nd regiment and in the site of Tripoli, and assigned commander of the 3^rd company starting 5/15/1959

Was transferred to the Military Academy (commander of the combat detachment) starting 8/11/1961

Was assigned inspector of sports by interim, and commander of fire and sports detachment starting 8/10/1964

Was transferred to the HQ group (inspector of sports and fire by interim, and commander of sports and fire) starting 11/16/1966

Was assigned inspector of sports and fire by interim, and commander of fire and sports detachment, and commander of the commandos company starting 5/1/1967

Was assigned inspector of sports and fire by interim, and commander of Commandos Company, and director of the military sports center starting 9/1/1968

Was assigned inspector of sports, and director of the military sports center starting 7/6/1971

Was assigned inspector of general inspection, and director of the military sports center starting 1/31/1972

Was assigned inspector of sports and fire from 2/26/1972 to 5/25/1972

Was transferred to the HQ company of South Lebanon region (field officer in the command region) starting 7/16/1973

Was assigned deputy-commander of South Lebanon region and field officer starting 10/1/1973

Was transferred to the Military Academy (deputy-commander of the Academy) starting 7/27/1974

Was assigned commander of the Military Academy by interim starting 5/23/1975

Was in charge of the position of deputy-commander of the Military Academy starting 7/3/1975

Was transferred to the Army HQ battalion (commander of the Commandos Group) starting 9/1/1975

Was delegated to the ministry of internal affairs (under the disposal of the minister of internal security affairs) starting 10/4/1975

Was under the disposal of the Interior Affairs minister starting 6/1/1978

Was appointed chief of the judiciary police within the Interior Security Forces starting 8/24/1978

Was moved to the battalion of the HQ of Mount Lebanon region- region commander by interim starting 3/7/1983

Was put under the disposal of the Prime Minister, and responsible of relief and development works starting 10/20/1983

Was appointed chief of General Staff of the Army starting 11/14/1984

Retired on 7/1/1987

Was appointed minister of Public Works and transportation, Tourism and Work starting 9/22/1988

4- Courses inside the country:

A course of artillery controller from 04/16/1956 to 05/08/1956

A course of sports and fire from 01/02/1957 to 02/16/1957

A ski course from 03/01/1957 to 03/16/1957

A course on the use of a 106 mm gun from 11/25/1957 to 01/25/1958

A course of consolidating the officers' knowledge from 03/07/1960 to 06/01/1960

5- Courses outside the country:

A learning course in France (Saint Mexain) from 9/23/1953 to 8/16/1954

A learning course in Turkey on the 106 mm gun from 4/2/1957 to 4/22/1957

A learning course in Switzerland from 6/29/1960 to 10/17/1960

A learning course in Norway from 1/21/1961 to 2/5/1961

A course of General Staff in the United States of America from 6/14/1972 to 6/28/1973

6- Medals, awards and honors:

Lebanese Silver Medal of Merit

National Decoration of Cedar, Knight Grade

War Medal

Silver Lebanese Order of Merit with branches

Lebanese Order of Merit, senior officer grade

Letter of recognition from the minister of Interior

National Decoration of the Cedar, Commander Grade

Lebanese Order of Merit, 1^st grade

Eligibility Medal

National Decoration of Cedar, great officer Grade

Mention of the Armed Forces Commander, 2 times

Felicitations of the Armed Forces Commander, 6 times

Felicitations of the region Commander, once