Jean Njeim

Jean Njeim (Arabic: جان نجيم) (1915 - July 24, 1971) was a Lebanese Army general commander. He was born in Kfartyeh-Caza, Keserwan, Ottoman Empire in 1915. He entered the Military Academy at Homs as a cadet officer in 1933. He was promoted to colonel in 1959 and to brigadier general in 1965 and to general in 1967.[1] Njeim was appointed commander of the Lebanese Army on 7 January 1979, replacing Emile Bustani who had been removed from the post.[2] Njeim opposed to the expansion of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon.[3] He was in office until his death in a helicopter crash on 24 July 1971.[4]

Jean Njeim
Personal details
Born1915
Died24 July 1971 (aged 5556)
Military service
RankGeneral

References

  1. Lebanese Army website - Biography of General Jean Njeim
  2. "Chronology November 16, 1969-February 15, 1970". Middle East Journal. 24 (2): 193. Spring 1970. JSTOR 4324584.
  3. Antoine Trad (2018). "The Business Transformation and Enterprise Architecture Framework Applied to Analyze the Historically Recent Rise and the 1975 Fall of the Lebanese Business Ecosystem". In Esther Akumbo Nyam; Asiru Tunde (eds.). Impacts of Violent Conflicts on Resource Control and Sustainability. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-5225-5988-7.
  4. "Funeral of Lebanese Army Commander Killed In Helicopter Crash. 1971". British Pathe. Reuters. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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