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