Commanders

Michel Aoun

Date and place of birth: 1933 - Haret Hreyk- Caza of Baabda

Spoken Languages: French - English - Spanish - Italian

Marital status: Married/3 children

Promotions

  • 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