Enrolled in the Army, and entered the Military Academy as Cadet Officer on 01/10/1955
Promoted to Second Lieutenant on 30/09/1958
Promoted to First Lieutenant on 01/07/1961
Promoted to Captain on 01/08/1968
Promoted to Major on 01/01/1974
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 01/10/1975
Promoted to Staff Colonel on 01/01/1980
Promoted to Staff Brigadier General on 01/01/1984
Promoted to General on 23/06/1984
Functions
Assigned to the Second Artillery Regiment on 01/07/1959
Assigned to the Second Artillery Regiment – 2nd Battery as platoon leader on 01/10/1959
Assigned to the Second Artillery Regiment- 3rd battery as a scout officer on 01/10/1961
Assigned to the Second Artillery Regiment-2nd Battery as chief of the firing site on 16/10/1962
Assigned to the 3rd Artillery Regiment as commander of the 3rd battery, on 02/12/1964
Assigned to the First Artillery Regiment as commander of the 1st battery on 01/07/1969
Appointed as Assistant to the commander of the First Artillery Regiment on 14/12/1970
Appointed as Assistant to the commander of the 1st artillery battalion, Chief of the administrative detachment and acting Commander of the command and service company on 15/04/1972
Appointed operational assistant to the Commander of the first Artillery Battalion and as Logistic Assistant on 14/09/1972
Was put at the disposition of the Armed Forces Command on 27/07/1972
Appointed commander of the 2nd Artillery Battalion on 17/09/1973
Assigned to the Artillery Force at the disposition of the Artillery Commander on 21/01/1976
Was put at the disposition of the General Inspector to assist him in the juridical investigations on 06/02/1976
Was appointed as the Artillery Force Commander on 23/08/1976
Was Transferred to the Army Headquarters , pursuent to completion of training course outside the country on 04/07/1978
Assigned to The Army Staff for personnel, as of chief of the technical office by interim on 20/09/1980
Was detached to the department of Aïn Al Remmaneh- Baabda as Sector Commander on 24/12/1980
Appointed as chief of staff of the Lebanese Armed Forces in charge of maintaining security in Beirut on 14/08/1982
Was detached to the 8th Infantry brigade as Commander by interim of the brigade by on 18/01/1983
Appointed Commander of the Armed Forces on 23/06/1984
Appointed Prime Minister. Minister of National defense and minister of information , while still keeping his military rank at the Army on 22/09/1988
Assigned the functions of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, National Education and Fine Arts, and the Ministry of the Interior by interim, on 04/10/1988 in the absence of the true minister
Released from his duty as Commander of the Armed Forces, and was put at the disposition of the minister of National Defense on 28/11/1989
Assigned to the General Headquarters of the Army, and put at the disposition of the minister of National Defense on 16/02/1991
Was dismissed from Service on 20/05/1991
Courses inside the country
Captain Career Course as from 2/12/1974 to 5/16/1974
Italian language from 11/8/1974 to 5/31/1975
Rank upgrading course from 9/17/1979 to 10/27/1979
Courses abroad
Training course in France from 02/10/1958 to 07/08/1959
Training course in the United States of America from 05/04/1966 to 07/10/1966
Staff Officers course in France from 04/07/1978 to 01/07/1980
Training course in the United States of America from 19/11/1983 to 25/12/1983
Medals and honors
Commemorative Decoration of 31/12/1961
Lebanese Silver Order of Merit
War Medal, 4 times
National order of the Cedar in class of Knight
Lebanese Order of Merit, 2nd class
Medal of Battle Wounds
Order of the French Legion of Honor in Class of Commander
Lebanese Order of Merit, in first Class
National Order of the Cedar in Officer Grade
National Order of the Cedar, in Class of Grand Cordon
Commendation of Armed Forces Commander , 6 times
Felicitations of the Armed Forces Commander, 3 times
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