Hashem Safieddine | |
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هاشم صفي الدين | |
.jpg) Safieddine in 2020 | |
| Head of Hezbollah's Executive Council | |
| In office July 2001 – 3 October 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 Deir Qanoun En Nahr, Lebanon |
| Died | c. 3 October 2024 (aged 59–60) Dahieh, Lebanon |
| Manner of death | Assassination by airstrike |
| Political party | Hezbollah |
| Spouse | Raeda Faqih |
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Hashem Safieddine (Arabic: هاشم صفي الدين, romanized: Hāshim Ṣafī al-Dīn; 1964 – c. 3 October 2024) was a Lebanese Shia cleric who served as the head of Hezbollah's Executive Council from 2001 until his assassination in 2024. A maternal cousin of Hassan Nasrallah, Safieddine was generally considered the "number two" in Hezbollah for many years. In 2017, he was declared a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States and was also designated as a terrorist by several of the Arab Gulf states. Following Nasrallah's assassination on 27 September 2024, during the Israel–Hezbollah conflict, Safieddine was widely considered his likely successor. On 3 October 2024, Safieddine was targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Dahieh, south of Beirut. His death in the strike was confirmed later that month.