Lebanese Army Website

Chief Of Staff - Walid Salman

1- General Information:

Date and place of birth : 8/8/1954 – Shoueifat - Aley

Languages : French, English and Italian

University Diplomas : academic degree in history

Marital status : Married/ three children

2- Promotions:

enrolled in the Army as a Cadet Officer and joined the Military Academy starting 1/10/1973

promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant starting 1/7/1976

promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant starting 1/7/1979

promoted to the rank of Captain starting 1/1/1984

promoted to the rank of Major starting 1/7/1988

promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel starting 1/7/1993

promoted to the rank of Colonel starting 1/7/1997

promoted to the rank of Brigadier General starting 1/1/2003

promoted to the rank of Major General starting 19/7/2011

3- Functions:

Transferred to Hammana Garrison starting 4/3/1978

Transferred to the 1st Defense Regiment starting 3/4/1978

Dispatched to the Arab Deterrence Force Command starting 17/2/1979

Transferred to the Republican Guard Battalion starting 21/12/1982 and appointed as Reinforcement Company Commander starting 23/12/1982

Transferred to the 12th Infantry Brigade – Battalion 122 as head of 2nd and 3rd branches and 1220 Company Commander starting 7/11/1985

Appointed Commander of Battalion 22 starting 24/5/1986

Transferred to Mount Lebanon region – Region Command – Intelligence division starting 21/9/1991

Dispatched to the Army Staff for Planning as head of the personnel Register division in the Directorate of Planning starting 21/8/2000

Transferred to the 10th Infantry Brigade as the Brigade’s chief of Staff starting 25/9/2000

Transferred to the Intelligence Directorate starting 27/10/2001

Appointed as Director of Training in the Army Staff for Operations starting 29/10/2008

Appointed as the Military Academy Commander starting 10/9/2009

Appointed as Lebanese Armed Forces Chief of Staff starting 14/7/2011

4- Courses inside Lebanon:

Brief Computer session starting 22/7/1996 for the duration of 4 weeks in addition to another brief computer session which started in 24/5/1999 and lasted for the duration of one month

Italian Language session starting 21/6/1999 until 27/8/1999

5- Courses outside Lebanon:

The Infantry officer basic course in the United States of America starting 20/4/1980 until 20/8/1980

United Nations Military Observer Course – Finland (1998)

Staff College course in Italy starting 30/8/1999 until 6/8/2000

6- Decorations, commendations and felicitations:

Decoration of War (4 times)

National Decoration of the Cedar, Knight Grade

Lebanese Order of Merit, 3rd grade

Decoration of National Union

Decoration of South dawn

Lebanese Order of Merit, 2nd Grade

Decoration of Military Esteem, silver grade

National Decoration of the Cedar, Officer Grade

Lebanese Order of Merit, first grade

Decoration of Military Pride, silver Grade

National Decoration of the Cedar, Commander Grade

Commendation of the Armed Forces Commander, 8 times

Felicitations of the Armed Forces Commander, 27 times

Felicitations of the Director of the Orientation Directorate two times

Felicitation of a Brigade Commander