Secretary-General of Hezbollah

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Secretary-General of Hezbollah
  • الأمين العام لحزب الله (Arabic)
    al-’amīn al-‘ām li-Ḥizb Allāh
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Incumbent
Naim Qassem
since 29 October 2024
Style His Excellency
Status Party leader
Seat Beirut, Lebanon
Appointer Hezbollah
Term length Life tenure
Formation1989;36 years ago (1989)
First holder Subhi al-Tufayli
Deputy Deputy Secretary-General

The secretary-general of Hezbollah (Arabic : الأمين العام لحزب الله, romanized: al-’amīn al-‘ām li-Ḥizb Allāh) is the highest position within Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group. [1] [2]

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The current holder of the position is Naim Qassem, who was appointed on 29 October 2024, a month after the assassination of his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, whom Qassem served as deputy secretary-general under. [3]

List of officeholders

No.PortraitSecretary-GeneralTook officeLeft officeTime in officeRef.
1
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al-Tufayli, Subhi Subhi al-Tufayli
(born 1948)
1989May 19911–2 years
2
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al-Musawi, Abbas Abbas al-Musawi
(1952–1992)
May 1991 16 February 1992  291 days [4] [5] [6] [7]
3
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Nasrallah, Hassan Hassan Nasrallah
(1960–2024)
16 February 1992 27 September 2024  32 years, 224 days [8] [9] [10]
4
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Qassem, Naim Naim Qassem
(born 1953)
29 October 2024Incumbent287 days [11]

Timeline

Naim QassemHassan NasrallahAbbas al-MusawiSubhi al-TufayliSecretary-General of Hezbollah

See also

References

  1. "Hezbollah | Meaning, History, & Ideology | Britannica". Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. "What Is Hezbollah?". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  3. "Hezbollah announces Naim Qassem as new leader". BBC News. 29 October 2024.
  4. Gal Perl Finkel, Changing the rules in the Gaza Strip comes with a cost, The Jerusalem Post, October 13, 2018.
  5. Luft, Gal (2003). "The Logic of Israel's Targeted Killing". The Middle East Quarterly. 10 (1): 3–13. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  6. Clyde Haberman (17 February 1992). "ISRAELIS KILL CHIEF OF PRO-IRAN SHIITES IN SOUTH LEBANON". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  7. Chris Hedges (22 February 1992). "Killing of Sheik: Israel Waited for Months". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  8. Daoud, David A. (4 June 2017). "State Department Blacklists Hashem Saffiedine". Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017.
  9. Ihsan A. Hijazi (19 February 1992). "Pro-Iran Lebanese Choose a Successor". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  10. Neil MacFarquhar and Ben Hubbard (28 September 2024). "Hassan Nasrallah, Who Led Hezbollah for Decades, Killed at 64". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  11. "Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new leader, Israel says he won't last long". Reuters. 29 October 2024.