Hashim Safi Al Din | |
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Head of Hezbollah's Executive Council | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office July 2001 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Lebanese |
Political party | Hezbollah |
Religion | Islam |
Hashim Safi Al Din is a Lebanese Shia cleric, senior Hezbollah official and a maternal cousin of the secretary general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah.[1]
Education[]
Al Din studied theology in Najaf, Iraq, and in Qum, Iran, together with Nasrallah.[2]
Career[]
Al Din is among three major leaders of Hezbollah, the other two are Hassan Nasrallah and Naim Qassem.[3] He is also regarded as second only to Nasrallah.[2]
Al Din is one of six clerics who are members of the shura council of Hezbollah.[4] He is also the head of the executive council of the group (also known as Shura Tanfiziyah),[5] to which he was elected in the general assembly meeting in July 2001.[6][7] In addition, he is one of nine members of the deciding consultative council (Shura al-Qarar), which is the top body of the group.[8]
In October 2008, Al Din was elected to succeed Nasrallah as secretary general of Hezbollah in the general meeting.[9][10] His appointment as heir apparent to Nasrallah was supported by Iranians.[8] In 2009, Al Din was again elected to the shura council.[11] He was appointed Hezbollah's military commander of the Southern Lebanon region in November 2010.[12][13]
References[]
- ↑ "Lebanon: Hezbollah’s Rising Star". Stratfor. 17 November 2009. http://www.lebanonwire.com/0911MLN/091111711STR.asp. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sayyed Nasrallah re-elected for another term". The Weekly Middle East Reporter. 5 December 2009. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sayyed+Nasrallah+re-elected+for+another+term.-a0214528324. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ↑ "IRGC-Hezbollah Captagon Ring Compromised by War Over Profits". Middle East Transparent. 27 April 2012. http://www.metransparent.com/spip.php?page=imprimer_article&id_article=18340&lang=en. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ↑ Barry Rubin (2010). Guide to Islamist Movements. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 329. ISBN 978-0-7656-1747-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=wEih57-GWQQC&pg=PA329. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ↑ Dominique Avon; Anaïs-Trissa Khatchadourian; Jane Marie Todd (10 September 2012). Hezbollah: A History of the "Party of God". Harvard University Press. pp. 215. ISBN 978-0-674-06752-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=xOC6v4-XCHgC&pg=PA200. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ↑ Ahmad Nizar Hamzeh (2004). In The Path of Hizbullah. Syracuse University Press. pp. 45. ISBN 978-0-8156-3053-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=HNyv0N8cVE0C&pg=PA45. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ↑ "Hezbollah (part I)". Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. July 2003. http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/data/pdf/PDF_simuchin_349_2.pdf. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Bar, Shmuel (29 October 2006). "Lebanese Hizballah – Political, Ideological and Organizational Highlights". Center for Complex Operations. http://cco.dodlive.mil/files/2012/09/Lebanese-Hizballah-Ideological-and-Organizational-Highlightst.pdf. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ↑ Cohen, Dudi (13 October 2008). "Nasrallah replacement chosen". http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3608528,00.html. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ↑ "Kuwaiti daily reports extension of Nasrallah mandate". Now Lebanon. 1 November 2008. https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nownews/kuwaiti_daily_reports_extension_of_nasrallah_mandate_appointment_of_possible_successor_to. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ↑ Shapira, Shimon (17 December 2009). "Has Hizbullah Changed?". Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/data/pdf/PDF_09_350_2.pdf. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ↑ Sadiki, Larbi (21 June 2011). "Hezbollah and the Arab revolution". Al Jazeera. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/06/2011619134113577322.html. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ↑ Timmerman, Ken (1 December 2010). "UN: Iran Ordered Rafik Hariri Execution". Newsmax. http://www.newsmax.com/kentimmerman/tony-nissi-rafik-hariri/2010/12/01/id/378536. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
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