Naim Qassem

His Excellency Sheikh Naim Qassem
نعيم قاسم
Qassem in 2014
4th Secretary-General of Hezbollah
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 October 2024[a]
Deputy	Himself (Sep–Oct 2024) Vacant (Oct 2024–present)
Preceded by	Hassan Nasrallah
1st Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah
In office May 1991 – 29 October 2024
Secretary-General	Abbas al-Musawi Hassan Nasrallah Himself (acting)
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Vacant
Personal details
Born	February 1953 (age 71) Kfar Fila, Lebanon
Political party	Hezbollah
Children	6
Education	Lebanese University
a. ^ Acting: 27 September – 29 October 2024

Sheikh Naim Mohammad Qassem (Arabic: نعيم قاسم, romanized: Naeim Qasim; born February 1953) is a Lebanese Shia cleric and politician who has served as the fourth secretary-general of Hezbollah since 29 October 2024.^[1] He previously served as the first deputy secretary-general from 1991 to 2024.

Born in Kfar Kila, Qassem received a master's degree in chemistry from the Lebanese University in 1977. He worked as a chemistry teacher, before joining Amal, a political movement led by Musa al-Sadr. He studied theology under Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah.

Following the Iranian Revolution, he helped found Hezbollah. In 1991, he was appointed as deputy secretary-general under secretary-general Abbas al-Musawi, a role he retained under Al-Musawi's successor, Hassan Nasrallah. He led the party's electoral campaings, and held a leading intellectual and ideological role.^[2]

Following the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah in September 2024, he was appointed acting secretary-general. A month later in October, Qassem was elected as secretary-general after Nasrallah's possible successor Hashem Saffiedine was assassinated by Israeli strikes.