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Armed Forces Commanders - Hanna Saïd

1- General Information:

Date and place of birth: 1923-Klaya-Caza of Margeyoun

Languages: French, English and German

Marital status: Married/1 child

2- Promotions:

Entered the Military Academy of Hums as a Cadet Officer, on 12/1/1942

Promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant on 12/1/1944

Promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant on 1/1/1947

Promoted to the rank of Captain on 7/25/1954

Promoted to the rank of Staff Lieutenant Colonel on 7/1/1960

Promoted to the rank of Staff Colonel on 8/1/1967

Promoted to the rank of Staff Brigadier General on 7/1/1973

Promoted to the rank of General on 9/10/1975

3- Functions:

Assigned to the Cavalry group on 1/1/1945

Attached to 2nd Cavalry Battalion as commander of the Battalion on 12/1/1946

Appointed chief of the 2nd battalion of the mechanical regiment on 3/1/1953

Appointed assistant to the commander of the mechanical regiment on 1/1/1955

Appointed assistant to the commander of the Scouts regiment on 8/1/1955

Assigned to the independent Battalions Group as group captain on 10/29/1958

Assigned to the anti-aircraft regiment as (commander of the regiment) on 10/29/1959

Assigned Assistant to the commander of the North Lebanon region on 8/5/1966

Appointed director of the military training on 1/10/1968

Appointed commander of Emile Helou Barracks on 1/15/1968

Returned to the armor mechanical regiment on 2/16/1968

Assigned assistant to the Military Attaché in France, Italy and Switzerland on 6/1/1969

Assigned Military attaché in Switzerland, based in Paris, on 6/1/1971

Assigned to the 1^st infantry brigade Head Quarters as commander of the brigade and of the

Bekaa region on 8/21/1973

Appointed Armed Forces Commander on 9/10/1975

Resigned from active Service on 7/2/1977

4- Courses inside the country:

Officers Training course officers at the Officers military school in 1947

Complementary training for units commanders from 11/1/1950 to 11/15/1950

Judicial police course from 5/7/1955 to 7/9/1955

Training course for deputy commanders of regiments from 10/3/1953 to 12/5/1953

Upgrading exam from 12/9/1958 to 12/14/1958

Upgrading course from 1/27/1964 to 5/15/1964

5- Courses outside the country:

Training course in France from 9/29/1952 to 2/3/1953

Training course in the United States of America from 5/18/1959 to 9/26/1959

Training course in Germany from 9/5/1961 to 12/9/1961

Training course in the United States of America from 6/8/1965 to 7/30/1966

6- Medals, awards and honors:

Lebanese Silver Order of Merit

Commemorative Medal of Palestine

National order of the Cedar in Class of Knight

Lebanese Silver Order of Merit, with branches

Commemorative Medal of 12/13/1961

National Order of the Cedar in Officer Class

National order of the cedar in Commander Class

French order of Merit, Commander Class

Lebanese Golden Order of Merit in first class

National order of the cedar in Class of Grand Officer

Medal of War in bronze Star

Commendation for the legion

Commendation for the brigadier General Rank

Felicitations of the Armed Forces Commander, 2 times

Felicitations of the Commander of the region, one time