Jean Njeim | |
|---|---|
| 5th Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces | |
| In office 7 January 1970 – 25 Juli 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Emile Boustany |
| Succeeded by | Iskandar Ghanem |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1915 Kfartyeh-Caza, Keserwan, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 24 July 1971 (aged 55–56) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Lebanon |
| Branch/service | Lebanese Army |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | 1948 Israeli-Arab War 1958 Lebanon Crisis Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon |
Jean Njeim (Arabic: جان آغا نجيم) (1915 – 24 July 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 1970, 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] He was succeeded by Iskandar Ghanem as commander of the Lebanese Army.[4]
- ^ Lebanese Army website - Biography of General Jean Njeim
- ^ "Chronology November 16, 1969-February 15, 1970". Middle East Journal. 24 (2): 193. Spring 1970. JSTOR 4324584.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Funeral of Lebanese Army Commander Killed In Helicopter Crash. 1971". Pathé News. Reuters. Retrieved 15 July 2022.