Secretary-General of Hezbollah
{{Short description|Highest position within Hezbollah}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Secretary-General
| body = Hezbollah
| native_name = {{ubl|{{native name|ar|الأمين العام لحزب الله}}
{{small|{{Transliteration|ar|al-’amīn al-‘ām li-Ḥizb Allāh}}}}}}
| image = Naim Qassem Visits Tasnim Office (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = Naim Qassem
| incumbentsince = 29 October 2024
| style = His Excellency
| status = Party leader
| seat = Beirut, Lebanon
| appointer = Hezbollah
| termlength = Life tenure
| formation = {{start date and age|1989}}
| first = Subhi al-Tufayli
| deputy = Deputy Secretary-General
}}
{{Hezbollah}}
The secretary-general of Hezbollah ({{langx|ar|الأمين العام لحزب الله|al-’amīn al-‘ām li-Ḥizb Allāh}}) is the highest position within Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-15 |title=Hezbollah {{!}} Meaning, History, & Ideology {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hezbollah |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}{{Cite web |title=What Is Hezbollah? |url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-hezbollah |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Council on Foreign Relations}}
The current holder of the position is Naim Qassem, who was appointed on 29 October 2024, a month after the assassination of his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, whom Qassem served as deputy secretary-general under.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89vx50g4l5o|title=Hezbollah announces Naim Qassem as new leader|work=BBC News|date=29 October 2024}}
List of officeholders
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| officeholder_title = Secretary-General
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{{Officeholder table
| order = 1
| image = Subhi al-Tufayli.png
| military_rank =
| officeholder = Subhi al-Tufayli
| officeholder_sort = al-Tufayli, Subhi
| born_year = 1948
| died_year =
| term_start = 1989
| term_end = May 1991
| timeinoffice = {{age in years|1989|1991}} years
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 2
| image = Abbas al Musawi (cropped).jpg
| military_rank =
| officeholder = Abbas al-Musawi
| officeholder_sort = al-Musawi, Abbas
| born_year = 1952
| died_year = 1992
| died = y
| term_start = May 1991
| term_end = 16 February 1992
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1991|05|01|1992|02|16}}
| ref = Gal Perl Finkel, [https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Changing-the-rules-in-the-Gaza-Strip-comes-with-a-cost-569318 Changing the rules in the Gaza Strip comes with a cost], The Jerusalem Post, October 13, 2018.{{cite journal|last=Luft|first=Gal|title=The Logic of Israel's Targeted Killing|journal=The Middle East Quarterly|year=2003|volume=10|issue=1|pages=3–13|url=http://www.meforum.org/515/the-logic-of-israels-targeted-killing|accessdate=24 July 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/17/world/israelis-kill-chief-of-pro-iran-shiites-in-south-lebanon.html|title=ISRAELIS KILL CHIEF OF PRO-IRAN SHIITES IN SOUTH LEBANON|date=17 February 1992|author=Clyde Haberman|work=The New York Times|access-date=28 September 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/22/world/killing-of-sheik-israel-waited-for-months.html|title=Killing of Sheik: Israel Waited for Months|date=22 February 1992|author=Chris Hedges|work=The New York Times|access-date=28 September 2024}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 3
| image = Sayyid Nasrallah.jpg
| military_rank =
| officeholder = Hassan Nasrallah
| officeholder_sort = Nasrallah, Hassan
| born_year = 1960
| died_year = 2024
| died = y
| term_start = 16 February 1992
| term_end = 27 September 2024
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1992|02|16|2024|09|27}}
| ref = {{cite news |url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/06/state-department-blacklists-hashem-saffiedine.php |title=State Department Blacklists Hashem Saffiedine |date=June 4, 2017 |first=David A. |last=Daoud |publisher=Foundation for Defense of Democracies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606160003/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/06/state-department-blacklists-hashem-saffiedine.php?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%252006.06.2017&utm_term=Editorial%2520-%2520Military%2520-%2520Early%2520Bird%2520Brief |archive-date=June 6, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/19/world/pro-iran-lebanese-choose-a-successor.html|title=Pro-Iran Lebanese Choose a Successor|date=19 February 1992|author=Ihsan A. Hijazi|work=The New York Times|access-date=28 September 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/world/middleeast/hassan-nasrallah-hezbollah-dead.html|title=Hassan Nasrallah, Who Led Hezbollah for Decades, Killed at 64|date=28 September 2024|author=Neil MacFarquhar and Ben Hubbard|work=The New York Times|access-date=28 September 2024}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 4
| image = Naim Qassem Visits Tasnim Office (cropped).jpg
| military_rank =
| officeholder = Naim Qassem
| officeholder_sort = Qassem, Naim
| born_year = 1953
| died_year =
| term_start = 29 October 2024
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2024|10|29}}
}}
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=Timeline=
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See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Hezbollah secretaries-general}}
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Category:Anti-Israeli sentiment in Lebanon