Hashim Safi Al Din

Hashim Safi Al Din
Head of Hezbollah's Executive Council
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

  1. ↑ "Lebanon: Hezbollah's Rising Star". Stratfor. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Sayyed Nasrallah re-elected for another term". The Weekly Middle East Reporter. 5 December 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "IRGC-Hezbollah Captagon Ring Compromised by War Over Profits". Middle East Transparent. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Barry Rubin (2010). Guide to Islamist Movements. M.E. Sharpe. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-7656-1747-7. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Dominique Avon; Anaïs-Trissa Khatchadourian; Jane Marie Todd (10 September 2012). Hezbollah: A History of the "Party of God". Harvard University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-674-06752-3. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  6. ↑ Ahmad Nizar Hamzeh (2004). In The Path of Hizbullah. Syracuse University Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-8156-3053-1. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Hezbollah (part I)" (PDF). Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. July 2003. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  8. 1 2 Bar, Shmuel (29 October 2006). "Lebanese Hizballah – Political, Ideological and Organizational Highlights" (PDF). Center for Complex Operations. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  9. ↑ Cohen, Dudi (13 October 2008). "Nasrallah replacement chosen". Ynetnews. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "Kuwaiti daily reports extension of Nasrallah mandate". Now Lebanon. 1 November 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  11. ↑ Shapira, Shimon (17 December 2009). "Has Hizbullah Changed?" (PDF). Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  12. ↑ Sadiki, Larbi (21 June 2011). "Hezbollah and the Arab revolution". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  13. ↑ Timmerman, Ken (1 December 2010). "UN: Iran Ordered Rafik Hariri Execution". Newsmax. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
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