Wafiq Jizzini Explained

Honorific Prefix:Major General
Native Name:وفيق جزيني
Native Name Lang:"ara"
Office:Director General of the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security
Term Start:4 July 2005
Term End:4 December 2010
Predecessor:Jamil Al Sayyed
Successor:Abbas Ibrahim
Birth Date:4 December 1951
Birth Place:Beirut
Death Place:Germany
Serviceyears:1973 - 2010
Rank:Major general
Commands:-General Director of General Directorate of General Security 2005-2010-Director of the Office of the Lebanese Army Commander 1998-2005

Major General Wafiq Jizzini (Arabic: وفيق جزيني; also spelled Wafic Jezzini or Wafik Jezzini; 4 December 1951 – 4 March 2011) was the general director of the General Directorate of General Security of Lebanon from 2005 to 2010.

Career

Jizzini was born on December 4, 1951, in Beirut. He joined the Lebanese Army Military Academy on October 1, 1973.[1] Major General Wafiq Jizzini took command of several sensitive positions in the Lebanese Army.

The last position in the army was director of the Office of the Army Commander Michel Suleiman, before becoming the general director of the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security on July 4, 2005; succeeding the strong leadership of Major General (P.S.C.) Jamil Al Sayyed where this Directorate has been renowned by the United Nations as the "Best Administration of the year 2004" in the Middle East during the Jamil Al Sayyed era. [2] On December 4, 2010, Jizzini reached the retirement age of 59.[3] This was the end of his military life.

Personal life

Jizzini was married to Aida Nassar and has one daughter and three sons.

Death

Jizzini showed symptoms of pancreatic tumor months before retirement. He died three months after retirement on March 4, 2011, in a hospital in Germany while taking treatment.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.almustaqbal.com/storiesv4.aspx?storyid=144409 Al Mustaqbal
  2. http://www.general-security.gov.lb/About-GS/sub3.aspx General Security
  3. http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/ar/news/?27589 Lebanese Army
  4. http://www.lebanondebate.com/details.aspx?id=43007 Lebanon Debate