Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces explained

Post:	Commander
Body:	the Lebanese Armed Forces
Native Name:	Arabic: قائد الجيش اللبناني
Flag:	Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (Front).svg
Flagborder:	yes
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces
Insignia:	Emblema de las Fuerzas Armadas Libanesas.svg
Insigniacaption:	Emblem of the Lebanese Armed Forces
Incumbent:	General Joseph Aoun
Incumbentsince:	8 March 2017
Department:	Ministry of Defense
Reports To:	Minister of Defense
Seat:	Yarze
Appointer:	President of Lebanon
Formation:	1 August 1945
First:	Fouad Chehab

The Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces (Arabic: قائد الجيش اللبناني) is responsible for the operational command of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). According to the Constitution, the President of Lebanon is the commander-in-chief. The commander always holds the General rank. The commander must always be a Maronite Christian according to the National Pact.

Appointment

The Army Commander is appointed by general grade officers who have not yet been placed in the reserve with a decree issued from the cabinet based on the proposal of the Minister of National Defense.^[1]

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the Commander of the Lebanese Forces include:

• Organizing and managing units and bureaus and specifying their mission
• Performing operations of employment and on the alert operations when they are decided
• Implementing preparedness and mobilization operations when announced.
• Determining the need of the Army and maintaining the state of equipment and supplies upon their delivery from the General Administration
• Commanding military operations

Commanders

This is a list of the LAF commanders from its establishment in 1945 to the present:^[2]

See also

• Lebanese Armed Forces

Notes and References

1. Web site: قيادة الجيش الموقع الرسمي للجيش اللبناني . 2024-03-11 . www.lebarmy.gov.lb.
2. Web site: Armed Forces Commanders. Lebanese Armed Forces. November 12, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090125230714/http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/English/Commanders.asp. January 25, 2009.