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Armed Forces Commanders - Michel Aoun

1- General Information:

Date and place of birth : 30/9/1933-Haret Hreyk- Caza of Baabda

Languages : French, English, Italian, Spanish

Marital status : Married/3 children

2- Promotions:

Enrolled in the Army, and entered the Military Academy as Cadet Officer on 10/1/1955

Promoted to Second Lieutenant on 9/30/1958

Promoted to First Lieutenant on 7/1/1961

Promoted to Captain on 8/1/1968

Promoted to Major on 1/1/1974

Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 10/1/1975

Promoted to Staff Colonel on 1/1/1980

Promoted to Staff Brigadier General on 1/1/1984

Promoted to General on 23/6/1984

3- Functions:

Assigned to the Second Artillery Regiment on 7/1/1959

Assigned to the Second Artillery Regiment – 2^nd Battery as platoon leader on 10/1/1959

Assigned to the Second Artillery Regiment- 3^rd battery as a scout officer on 10/1/1961

Assigned to the Second Artillery Regiment-2^nd Battery as chief of the firing site on 10/16/1962

Assigned to the 3^rd Artillery Regiment as commander of the 3^rd battery, on 12/2/1964

Assigned to the First Artillery Regiment as commander of the 1^st battery on 7/1/1969

Appointed as Assistant to the commander of the First Artillery Regiment on 12/14/1970

Appointed as Assistant to the commander of the 1^st artillery battalion, Chief of the administrative detachment and acting Commander of the command and service company on 4/15/1972

Appointed operational assistant to the Commander of the first Artillery Battalion and as

Logistic Assistant on 9/14/1972

Was put at the disposition of the Armed Forces Command on7/27/1972

Appointed commander of the 2^nd artillery battalion on 9/17/1973

Assigned to the artillery Force at the disposition of the Artillery Commander on 1/21/1976

Was put at the disposition of the General Inspector to assist him in the juridical investigations on 2/6/1976

Was appointed as the Artillery Force Commander on 8/23/1976

Was Transferred to the Army Headquarters , pursuent to completion of training course outside the country on 7/4/1978

Assigned to The Army Staff for personnel, as of chief of the technical office, by interim, on 9/20/1980

Was detached to the department of Aïn Al Remmaneh- Baabda as Sector Commander on 12/24/1980

Appointed as chief of staff of the Lebanese Armed Forces in charge of maintaining security in Beirut on 8/14/1982

Was detached to the 8^th infantry brigade as Commander by interim of the brigade by on 1/18/1983

Appointed Commander of the Armed Forces on 6/23/1984

Appointed Prime Minister. Minister of National defense and minister of information , while still

keeping his military rank at the Army on9/22/1988

Assigned the functions of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, National Education and Fine Arts, and the Ministry of the Interior by interim, on 10/4/1988 in absence of the true minister

Released from his duty as Commander of the Armed Forces, and was out at the disposition l of the minister of National Defense on 11/28/1989

Assigned to the General HQ of the Army, and put at the disposition of the minister of National Defense on 2/16/1991

Was dismissed from Service on 5/20/1991

4- Courses inside the country:

Captain Career Course as from 2/12/1974 to 5/16/1974

Italian language from 11/8/1974 to 5/31/1975

Rank upgrading course from 9/17/1979 to 10/27/1979

5- Courses outside the country:

Training course in France from 2/10/1958 to 8/7/1959

Training course in the United States of America from 4/5/1966 to 10/7/1966

Staff Officers course in France from 7/4/1978 to 7/1/1980

Training course in the United States of America from 11/19/1983 to 25/12/1983

6- Medals, awards and honors:

Commemorative Decoration of 12/31/1961

Lebanese Silver Order of Merit

War Medal, 4 times

National order of the Cedar in class of Knight

Lebanese Order of Merit, 2^nd class

Medal of Battle Wounds

Order of the French Legion of Honor in Class of Commander

Lebanese Order of Merit, in first Class

National Order of the Cedar in Officer Grade

National Order of the Cedar, in Class of Grand Cordon

Commendation of Armed Forces Commander , 6 times

Felicitations of the Armed Forces Commander, 3 times