Secretary-General of Hezbollah

Secretary-General of Hezbollah
الأمين العام لحزب الله (Arabic) al-’amīn al-‘ām li-Ḥizb Allāh
Incumbent Naim Qassem since 29 October 2024
Style	His Excellency
Status	Party leader
Seat	Beirut, Lebanon
Appointer	Hezbollah
Formation	1989;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]}

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.	Portrait	Secretary-General	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		al-Tufayli, Subhi Subhi al-Tufayli (born 1948)	1989	May 1991	1–2 years	–
2		al-Musawi, Abbas Abbas al-Musawi (1952–1992)	May 1991	16 February 1992  †	291 days	[4] [5] [6] [7]
3		Nasrallah, Hassan Hassan Nasrallah (1960–2024)	16 February 1992	27 September 2024  †	32 years, 224 days	[8] [9] [10]
4		Qassem, Naim Naim Qassem (born 1953)	29 October 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 5 days	[11]

Timeline

Deputy Secretary-General

Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah
نائب الأمين العام لحزب الله‎
Style	His Excellency
Status	Deputy leader
Reports to	Secretary-General
Seat	Beirut, Lebanon
Appointer	Secretary-General
Term length	At the pleasure of the secretary-general
Formation	May 1991;34 years ago (1991-05)
First holder	Naim Qassem

The deputy secretary-general of Hezbollah (Arabic : نائب الأمين العام لحزب الله, romanised: Nayib al'amin aleamu Lihizb Allah) is the second highest position within the Lebanon's Hezbollah, after the secretary-general. The position has been vacant since 29 October 2024. The only office holder has been:

No.	Portrait	Deputy Secretary-General	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Qassem, Naim Naim Qassem (born 1953)	May 1991	29 October 2024	33 years, 5 months	[11]
Vacant (since 29 October 2024)

See also

• Jihad Council
• List of leaders of Hamas
• Axis of Resistance

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.