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Armed Forces Commanders - Jean Njeim

1- General Information:

Date and place of birth : 1915- Kfartyeh-Caza of Keserwan

Languages : French and English

Marital status : Married/2 children

2- Promotions:

Entered the Military Academy at Homs as a Cadet Officer on 9/10/1933

Promoted to Second Lieutenant on 9/1/1935

Promoted to First Lieutenant on 9/1/1939

Promoted to Captain on 1/1/1946

Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 7/1/1952

Promoted to Colonel on 7/1/ 19 59

Promoted to staff Brigadier General on 7/1/1965

Promoted to General on 1/7/1967

3- Functions:

Assigned to the 1st Orient regiment on 9/1/1936

Assigned to the Region Company and was detached to the war Staff of the Region of Lebanon Command on 9/1/1940

Assigned to the 2nd snipers company on 8/6/1941

Detached to the War Staff of the region of Lebanon Command on 10/5/1941, and served at the Region company in Beirut

Assigned to the 2nd snipers company on 11/1/1942

Assigned to the 5th mountaineers legion and Appointed as commander of the intelligence company on 4/6/1943

Assigned as commander of the intelligence company on 3/1/1945

Assigned as trainer of the intelligence techniques at the Military Academy on 4/19/1948

Assigned to the army Headquarters as Chief of the Intelligence Service, on 5/1/1948

Appointed Chief of the intelligence Force on 4/1/1953

Appointed as inspector of the intelligence Force on 7/16/1956

Was transferred to the intelligence regiment as commander of the regiment and inspector of weapons on 11/1/1956

Was transferred to the Army Head Quarters to serve as inspector of the Intelligence Force on 2/17/1960

Appointed Commander of the Bekaa Region on 5/1/1962

Appointed Commander of the South Lebanon region, on 1/17/1966

Appointed as Commander of the Bekaa Region, on 4/3/1968

Appointed Commander of the Armed Forces, on 1/7/1970

Passed away on 7/24/1971 following crash-down of the helicopter that was carrying him on his way back from the Presidential Palace at Ehden in North Lebanon to Yarzeh- Beirut.

4- Courses inside the country:

Training Course on Vision Goggles telescope from 5/18/1937 to 5/22/1937

Intelligence course with the British Forces in Lebanon from 3/1/1943 to 8/31/1943

Complementary Officers Course from 2/10/1947 to 2/27/1947

Complementary training course for the Units Commanders from 1/3/1953 to 1/24/1953

5- Courses outside the country:

Training course in the United States of America from 8/6/1947 to 1/11/1948

Training course in the United States of America from 6/17/1955 to 6/30/1956

6- Medals, awards and honors:

Lebanese Silver Order of Merit in third Class

Syrian Order of Merit in third class

Commemorative Medal of Palestine

Lebanese Silver Order of Merit, with branches

National Order of the Cedar in class of Knight

National Order of the Cedar in class of Officer

Order of Nishan Istour from the Kingdom of Afghanistan

Lebanese Golden Order of Merit

Greek King George the first , class of Commander

Commemorative Medal of 12/31/1961

National Order of the Cedar, class of Commander

War Medal

National Order of the Cedar, class of Grand Officer