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Armed Forces Commanders - Victor Khoury

1- General Information:

Date and place of birth: 1929 – Amchit - Caza of Byblos

Languages: French, English

Marital status: Married/3 children

2- Promotions:

10/9/1948 - Enrolled in the Army and entered the Military Academy as Cadet Officer

10/9/1950-Second Lieutenant

1/1/1954-First Lieutenant

7/1/1960-Captain

7/1/1966-Lieutenant Colonel

7/1/1972-Staff Colonel

3/28/1977-Staff Brigadier General

8/2/1978-General

3- Functions:

Assigned to the artillery regiment on 10/16/1950

Assigned as commander of the 1^st Tanks Battalion (Armor corps) on 7/1/1955

Assigned to the artillery battalion as mechanical officer on 8/1/1955

Assigned as commander of 3^rd Tanks Battalion at the artillery regiment on 3/1/1957

Assigned to the 5^th artillery battalion- commander of battalion, on 6/4/1962

Assigned to the 2^nd armored Regiment of the armored Brigade (assistant-commander of the regiment ) on 1/25/1966

Assigned commander of the 2^nd armored regiment on 7/3/1968

Was attached to the region of North Lebanon on 7/21/1973

Assigned to the HQ of the 2nd infantry brigade as Chief of Staff of brigade on 8/1/1973

Assigned to the independent anti-armor company (Armor forces commander) on 8/3/1974

Transferred to the Army headquarters as Chief of the studies, organization and planning office on 8/30/1975

Appointed chief of the joint armistice committee on 9/15/1975

Detached to the 2^nd infantry brigade and to North of Lebanon region (Brigade Chief of staff) on 9/25/1975

Transferred to the 2^nd infantry brigade Headquarters (-Brigade Staff - Assistant to commander of the brigade) on 10/14/1975

Appointed commander of the North Sector on 8/10/1976

Designated Armed Forces Commander on 3/28/1977

Designated minister of National Defense on 12/20/1978

Became Minister of National Defense with the right to return to his Basic Military assignment as

Armed Forces Commander on 4/19/1979

Returned to his post as Armed Forces Commander on 7/16/1979

Released from his duty as armed Forces Commander on his request and was placed under the

disposition of the Minister of National Defense as from 12/8/1982

His resignation was approved on 5/22/1983

4- Courses inside the country:

Training course at the School of Sports and riflery in 1950

Course in mechanics from 2/1/1955 to 4/30/1955

5- Courses outside the country:

Training course in England from 9/28/1953 to 1/25/1954

Training course in France from 2/23/1957 to 4/21/1957

Training course in the United States of America from 1/21/1961 to 6/19/1961

Staff Officers course in France from 6/10/1971 to 6/15/1973

6- Medals, awards and honors:

Commemorative Medal of Palestine

Lebanese Silver Medal of Merit

National Order of the Cedar in Knight class

Commemorative Medal of 12/13/1961

Lebanese Silver Order of Merit, with branches

National Order of the Cedar in Officer class

Medal of War, two times

Lebanese Order of Merit in first class

National order of the Cedar, Class of Commander

National Order of the Cedar in grand Officer class

Commendation of the Armed Forces Commander, two times

Felicitations of the Armed Forces Commander, 3 times

Felicitations of the commissioned Commander of the Beirut Zone , one time