Chiefs Of Staff
Walid Salman
Date and place of birth: 08/08/1954 - Shoueifat - Aley
Spoken Languages: French - English - Italian
Diplomas: Academic degree in history
Marital status: Married/ three children
Promotions
- enrolled in the Army as a Cadet Officer and joined the Military Academy starting 01/10/1973
- promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant starting 01/07/1976
- promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant starting 01/07/1979
- promoted to the rank of Captain starting 01/01/1984
- promoted to the rank of Major starting 01/07/1988
- promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel starting 01/07/1993
- promoted to the rank of Colonel starting 01/07/1997
- promoted to the rank of Brigadier General starting 01/01/2003
- promoted to the rank of Major General starting 19/07/2011
Functions
- Transferred to Hammana Garrison starting 04/03/1978
- Transferred to the 1st Defense Regiment starting 03/04/1978
- Dispatched to the Arab Deterrence Force Command starting 17/02/1979
- Transferred to the Republican Guard Battalion starting 21/12/1982 and appointed as Reinforcement Company Commander starting 23/12/1982
- Transferred to the 12th Infantry Brigade – Battalion 122 as head of 2nd and 3rd branches and 1220 Company Commander starting 07/11/1985
- Appointed Commander of Battalion 22 starting 24/05/1986
- Transferred to Mount Lebanon region – Region Command – Intelligence division starting 21/09/1991
- Dispatched to the Army Staff for Planning as head of the personnel Register division in the Directorate of Planning starting 21/08/2000
- Transferred to the 10th Infantry Brigade as the Brigade’s chief of Staff starting 25/09/2000
- Transferred to the Intelligence Directorate starting 27/10/2001
- Appointed as Director of Training in the Army Staff for Operations starting 29/10/2008
- Appointed as the Military Academy Commander starting 10/09/2009
- Appointed as Lebanese Armed Forces Chief of Staff starting 14/07/2011
Courses inside the country
- Brief Computer session starting 22/07/1996 for the duration of 4 weeks in addition to another brief computer session which started in 24/05/1999 and lasted for the duration of one month
- Italian Language session starting 21/06/1999 until 27/08/1999
Courses abroad
- The Infantry officer basic course in the United States of America starting 20/04/1980 until 20/08/1980
- United Nations Military Observer Course – Finland (1998)
- Staff College course in Italy starting 30/08/1999 until 06/08/2000
Medals and honors
- Decoration of War, 4 times
- National Decoration of the Cedar, Knight Grade
- Lebanese Order of Merit, 3rd grade
- Decoration of National Union
- Decoration of South dawn
- Lebanese Order of Merit, 2nd Grade
- Decoration of Military Esteem, silver grade
- National Decoration of the Cedar, Officer Grade
- Lebanese Order of Merit, 1st grade
- Decoration of Military Pride, silver Grade
- National Decoration of the Cedar, Commander Grade
- Commendation of the Armed Forces Commander, 8 times
- Felicitations of the Armed Forces Commander, 27 times
- Felicitations of the Director of the Orientation Directorate,twice
- Felicitation of a Brigade Commander