Jean Njeim (

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: جان نجيم) (1915–24 July 1971) was a Lebanese Army general commander. He was born in Kfartyeh-Caza, Keserwan, Ottoman Empire in 1915. He entered the Military Academy at Homs as a cadet officer in 1933. He was promoted to colonel in 1959 and to brigadier general in 1965 and to general in 1967.Lebanese Army website - Biography of General Jean Njeim
/ref> Njeim was appointed commander of the Lebanese Army on 7 January 1979, replacing Emile Bustani who had been removed from the post. Njeim opposed to the expansion of the

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. He was in office until his death in a helicopter crash on 24 July 1971.

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1915 births 1971 deaths Commanders of the Lebanese Armed Forces Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Lebanon {{Lebanon-mil-bio-stub