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Jamil Al Sayyed | |
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| جميل السيد | |
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| Member of Lebanese Parliament | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | Baalbek-Hermel District |
| Director General of the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security | |
| In office 21 December 1998 – 5 May 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Raymond Roufael |
| Succeeded by | Wafiq Jizzini |
| Deputy Director of Intelligence Directorate Lebanese Armed Forces | |
| In office August 1991 – December 1998 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Al Nabi Ayla, Lebanon |
| Alma mater | Lebanese Army Military Academy |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Major General (P.S.C.)  |
Jamil Al Sayyed (Arabic: جميل السيد; born 1950) is a Lebanese politician and a current Member of the Parliament of Lebanon.He is the former head of Lebanon's Sureté Générale or Lebanese General Security Directorate. He was detained and released after four years, from 2005 to 2009 due to his alleged involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
He was released on 29 April 2009 due to "inconsistencies in the statements of key witnesses and of a lack of corroborative evidence to support these statements and to the fact that some witnesses had modified their statements and one key witness had expressly retracted his original statement incriminating the persons detained". In 2020 the Special Tribunal for Lebanon declared officially in his final judgment on Hariri assassination case that Jamil Sayyed's detention was illegal and that the United Nations (UN) should compensate him and publicly apologize for his illegal detention, and that the Lebanese authorities should do the same.[1][2][3] He was never charged with a crime.[4] He is a holder of many medals and recognitions, among which the most prestigious French Legion of Honour, at the rank of COMMENDEUR.
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- ^ Muir, Jim (22 September 2010). "Deep divisions haunt Lebanese politics". BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ "Lebanon Historical Chronology". Security Council Report. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2012.