Mohammed Fahmi

Mohammed Fahmi
Mohammed Fahmi
Minister of Interior and Municipalities
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 January 2020
President	Michel Aoun
Prime Minister	Hassan Diab
Preceded by	Raya El Hassan
Personal details
Born	1958 (age 62–63); Beirut, Lebanon
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	James Madison University
Military service
Allegiance	Lebanon
Branch/service	Lebanese Army
Years of service	1978–?
Rank	Brigadier General
Battles/wars	Lebanese Civil War

Mohammed Fahmi (Arabic: محمد فهمي‎; born 1958 in Beirut)[1] is a Lebanese politician and retired general of the Lebanese Army. He has served as the Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities since 21 January 2020. He succeeded Raya El Hassan.

Background

Fahmi was born to a Lebanese mother from the influential Zein family. He joined the Lebanese army in 1978. He became close to the then head of the Lebanese army general Emile Lahoud (1989–1998) and Jamil Al Sayyed who at the time was second in command of the army's intelligence service. The latter played an important role in his designation as minister of the interior in January 2020. He joined the government of Hassan Diab as an independent.

He held various offices in the Lebanese Army: head of the bomb squad removal unit, head commander of the Mount Lebanon military region, and the security department of the military intelligence services. Fahmi studied at the James Madison University in the United States.[2][3][4]

Controversy

On 26 June 2020, Fahmi mentioned in an interview at Al-Manar, that he killed two people in 1981 during the Lebanese Civil War, and Michel Aoun promised to protect him back then.[5] Some analysts wrote that the incident might have happened on 25 November 1978, when Fahmi was a lieutenant officer in the Defense Regiment and Major Michel Aoun was a deputy commander of the First Defense Regiment in Baabda District. However, the victims might have been from the Kataeb Party, after the army decided to install barriers near Kataeb offices in Haret Hreik.

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References

"Who is in the new Lebanese government?". thenational.ae. 22 January 2020.
JALKH, Jeanine (2020-01-23). "Mohammad Fahmi face au défi de son legs politique - Jeanine JALKH". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-23.
"Biographies-express des nouveaux membres de l'équipe ministérielle". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
"Who are the ministers in Lebanon's new government?". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
"وزير الداخلية اللبناني: "قتلت اثنين".. اعتراف ناري يثير بلبلة واسعة". arabic.euronews.com (in Arabic). 30 June 2020.
"الوزير فهمي يعترف انه قتل شخصين والرئيس عون حماه". akhbaralyawm.com (in Arabic). 28 June 2020.

Political offices
Preceded by Raya El Hassan	Minister of Interior and Municipalities 2020–present	Incumbent

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[1] "Who is in the new Lebanese government?". thenational.ae. 22 January 2020.

[2] JALKH, Jeanine (2020-01-23). "Mohammad Fahmi face au défi de son legs politique - Jeanine JALKH". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-23.

[3] "Biographies-express des nouveaux membres de l'équipe ministérielle". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-01-23.

[4] "Who are the ministers in Lebanon's new government?". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-01-23.

[5] "وزير الداخلية اللبناني: "قتلت اثنين".. اعتراف ناري يثير بلبلة واسعة". arabic.euronews.com (in Arabic). 30 June 2020.

[6] "الوزير فهمي يعترف انه قتل شخصين والرئيس عون حماه". akhbaralyawm.com (in Arabic). 28 June 2020.