Major General Wafiq Jizzini ( ar, 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 The General Security Directorate ( ar, الامن العام, al-Amn al-'Aam; french: La Sûreté Générale) is a Lebanese intelligence agency founded on July 21, 1921 and originally known as the "first bureau". On June 12, 1959, Decree-Law No. ...

of Lebanon from 2005 to 2010.

Career

Jizzini was born on December 4, 1951, in

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

. He joined the

Lebanese Army Military Academy The Lebanese Army Military Academy ( ar, الكلية الحربية ''Al Kulliya al Harbiya'') is a part of the Lebanese Armed Forces. The academy is situated at Shikri Ghanem military base, Faiyadiyeh, Baabda District, and is attached administrat ...

on October 1, 1973.
AL Mustaqbal, 2005. Major General Wafiq Jizzini took command of several sensitive positions in the Lebanese Army. Majour General Wafiq Jizzini

The last position in the army was director of the Office of the Army Commander

Michel Suleiman Michel Suleiman ( ar, ميشال سليمان ; born 21 November 1948) is a Lebanese Maronite Christian politician who served as President of Lebanon from 2008 to 2014. Before becoming president, he served as commander of the Lebanese Armed Forc ...

, before becoming the general director of the Lebanese

on July 4, 2005; succeeding the strong leadership of Major General (P.S.C.)

Jamil Al Sayyed Jamil Al Sayyed ( ar, جميل السيد; born 1950) is a Lebanese politician, a current Member of the Parliament of Lebanon, and the former head of Lebanon's Sureté Générale or Lebanese General Security Directorate. He was arbitrarily detai ...

where this Directorate has been renowned by the

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as the "Best Administration of the year 2004" in the Middle East during

era.
General Security, Lebanon. On December 4, 2010, Jizzini reached the retirement age of 59.
Lebanese Army, 2011. 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 Pancreatic tumors ( Pancreatic cancer) are often broken down into exocrine or endocrine tumors. Each different type of pancreatic tumor has a different appearance when examined under a microscope. These unique microscopic features and genetic marker ...

months before retirement. He died three months after retirement on March 4, 2011, in a hospital in

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while taking treatment.
Lebanon Debate, 2011.

References

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