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Chief Of Staff - Shawki Al Masri

1- General Information:

Date and place of birth : 7/4/1952-Mrayjat-Caza of Zahle

University Diploma : B.A in History

Languages : French, English

Marital status : Married/3 children

2- Promotions:

Has enrolled in the Army as a Cadet Officer, and was moved to the Military Academy starting 9/15/1970

Was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant starting 8/1/1973

Was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant starting 1/1/1977

Was promoted to the rank of Captain starting 1/1/1982

Was promoted to the rank of Major starting 1/1/1986

Was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel P.S.C starting 7/1/1991

Was promoted to the rank of Colonel P.S.C starting 7/1/1995

Was promoted to the rank of General P.S.C starting 7/1/2000

Was promoted to the rank of Major General P.S.C starting 7/10/2005

3- Functions:

Was transferred to the 2^nd artillery regiment starting 8/13/1973

Was transferred the battalion 43 under the disposal of the battalion commander starting 6/12/1978

Was assigned of the mission of translating into Arabic a learning course on the 155 gun starting 9/22/1980 for 6 weeks

Was transferred to the HQ brigade of the Army- battalion of the Army HQ, Staff of Army personnel
-directorate of mobilization- office of mobilization of Mount Lebanon region starting 3/29/1983

Was transferred to the 11^th infantry brigade, company 1101, and transferred to the company 115, commander of battalion starting 10/5/1984

Was transferred to the 11^th infantry brigade, company 1101, chief of the 3^rd section, starting 6/27/1991

Was transferred to the personnel office of the Army Staff- Directorate of mobilization, chief of mobilization office of the Bekaa region starting 8/24/1992

Was transferred to the Bekaa region- section of mobilization- chief of section, starting 11/19/1992

Was transferred to the General Staff of the Army to the Operations- Directorate of operations starting 4/25/1995 and appointed chief of sections of coordination fires and operations starting 4/25/1995

Was transferred to the logistic brigade- regiment of transportation, commander of regiment starting 7/20/1995

Was transferred to the staff secretary starting 9/11/1997

Was appointed director of learning at the Army operations Staff starting 10/11/1999

Was put in charge of managing the affairs of the intelligence directorate from 10/25/2001 to 12/4/2001

Was put in charge of managing the affairs of the Army operations Staff from 10/20/2001 to 11/2/2001

Was put in charge of managing the affairs of the Army operations Staff from 7/12/2003 to 7/25/2003

Was put in charge of managing the affairs of the Army operations Staff from 6/7/2004 to 6/12/2004

Was appointed Chief of Staff of the Army on 10/5/2005

4- Courses inside the country:

A brief computer course starting 10/29/1997 for 5 weeks

5- Courses outside the country:

A basic artillery course in the United States of America from 1/16/1979 to 9/20/1979

A learning course in the United States of America from 5/22/1982 to 3/26/1983

A course of War Staff in Syria from 7/28/1993 to 4/20/1995

6- Medals, awards and honors:

Decoration of the Wounded

Decoration of War, twice

Lebanese Order of Merit, 3^rd grade

National Decoration of the Cedar, Knight Grade

Lebanese Order of Merit, 2^nd grade

Decoration of National Union

Decoration of South dawn

Decoration of Military Esteem, silver grade

Lebanese Order of Merit, 1^st grade

National Decoration of the Cedar, Officer Grade

Mention of the Armed Forces Commander, 4 times

Felicitations of the Armed Forces Commander, 18 times

Felicitations of the logistic Commander, once