Secretary-General of Hezbollah | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Status | Party leader |
Seat | Beirut, Lebanon |
Appointer | Hezbollah |
Term length | Life tenure |
Formation | 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]
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]
No. | Portrait | Secretary-General | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Subhi al-Tufayli (born 1948) | 1989 | May 1991 | 1–2 years | – | |
2 | Abbas al-Musawi (1952–1992) | May 1991 | 16 February 1992 † | 291 days | [4] [5] [6] [7] | |
3 | Hassan Nasrallah (1960–2024) | 16 February 1992 | 27 September 2024 † | 32 years, 224 days | [8] [9] [10] | |
4 | Naim Qassem (born 1953) | 29 October 2024 | Incumbent | 287 days | [11] |