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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

Languages : English and fluent in French

University Diplomas : B.A in History – Honorary PhD from UHM –Canada University

Marital status : Married/3 children

2- Promotions:

Has enrolled in the Army as a Cadet Officer and joined the Military Academy starting 15/9/1970

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

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 1/7/1991

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

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

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

3- Functions:

Officer in the 2nd artillery battalion starting 13/8/1973

Officer in battalion 43 starting 12/6/1978

Was assigned with the mission of translating into Arabic the content of a training course related to the 155 field gun starting 9/22/1980 for the duration of 6 weeks

Officer in the Mobilization office in Mount Lebanon region HQ – directorate of Mobilization – Army Staff for Personnel starting 29/3/1983

Commander of battalion 115 in the 11th infantry brigade starting 5/10/1984

Chief of the third section in the 11th infantry brigade starting 27/6/1991

Chief of the Mobilization Office in the Bekaa region, part of the Mobilization Directorate – Army Staff for Personnel starting 24/8/1992

Chief of the Bekaa Mobilization Section starting 19/11/1992

Chief of the Fire Coordination and Operations sections in the Directorate of Operations - Army Staff for Operations starting 25/4/1995

Commander of the Transportation regiment in the Logistic Brigade starting 20/7/1995

Officer in the Staff Secretary starting 11/9/1997

Director of Learning in the Army Staff for Operations starting 11/10/1999

Chief of Staff of the Army starting 5/10/2005

Charged with the function of Armed Forces Commander in Charge until the appointment of an incumbent Armed Forces Commander starting 24/5/2008 until 28/8/2008

4- Courses inside the country:

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

5- Courses outside the country:

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

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

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

6- Medals, awards and honors:

Decoration of the Wounded

Decoration of War, twice

Lebanese Order of Merit, 3rd grade

National Decoration of the Cedar, Knight Grade

Lebanese Order of Merit, 2nd grade

Decoration of National Union

Decoration of South dawn

Decoration of Military Esteem, silver grade

Lebanese Order of Merit, 1st grade

National Decoration of the Cedar, Officer Grade

Decoration of Military Pride, silver Grade

Decoration of the Ministry of Defense in the Russian Federation

Medal of the Internal Security Forces

Commendation of the Armed Forces Commander, 6 times

Felicitations of the Armed Forces Commander, 18 times

Felicitation of the logistic Brigade Commander