Jean Njeim

Jean Njeim
Personal details
Born	1915 Kfartyeh-Caza, Keserwan, Ottoman Empire
Died	24 July 1971 (aged 55–56)
Military service
Rank	General

Jean Njeim (Arabic: جان 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 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] He was succeeded by Iskandar Ghanem as commander of the Lebanese Army.^[4]

References

^ 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.