Abbas Ibrahim (general)

Abbas Ibrahim (Arabic: عباس إبراهيم, romanized: ʿAbbās Ibrāhīm; born 2 March 1959)^[1] is a Lebanese major general who was the Director General of the General Directorate of General Security from 18 July 2011^[2] until 1 March 2023.^[3]

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Quick facts Major General, Director General of the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security ...

Major General Abbas Ibrahim
Ibrahim in 2021

Director General of the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security
In office 18 July 2011 – 1 March 2023
Preceded by	Wafiq Jizzini
Succeeded by	Hassan Choucair

Personal details
Born	(1959-03-02) March 2, 1959 (age 66) Kawthariyat al-Sayyad, Lebanon
Spouse	Ghada Zein
Children	4
Website	www.general-security.gov.lb
Military service
Years of service	1980–present
Rank	Major General (P.S.C.)
Commands	General Director of General Directorate of General Security 2011–2023

At the age of nineteen, he enrolled in military school and graduated three years later with the rank of lieutenant. Throughout the 1980s, he took part in several training courses in the military, culminating in an infantry course in the United States in 1989. This was followed by a computer course in 1996 to stay up to date with the electronic age. He also received advanced security training in the United Kingdom in 1998. In 1989, Ibrahim became the personal bodyguard of Arab League envoy to Lebanon Lakhdar Brahimi. When Jamil Al Sayyed was head of the Presidential Guards Squadron, he then appointed Ibrahim as one of the bodyguards to President Elias Hrawi and remained in that post until 1992 when he was tasked with protecting then newly appointed Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. In 1994, when Jamil Al Sayyed was deputy-Director of Army Intelligence, he appointed Ibrahim as head of the counterterrorism and espionage department at the intelligence directorate.^[4] Ibrahim, like his predecessors is closely associated with Hezbollah.^[2] However, like Speaker Nabih Berri, he enjoys excellent ties with several main parties in Lebanon, as opposed to Hezbollah, which has a limited number of allies and several rivals.^[4]

He was one of the key figures behind trying to get American journalist Austin Tice missing in Syria since August 2012 back home.^[5]

Abbas Ibrahim (general)

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