Chiefs Of Staff

Samir El Kadi

Date and place of birth: 1941 - Beirut- Caza of Beirut

Spoken Languages: French - English - Italian

Marital status: Married/ 1 Child

Promotions

  • Has enrolled in the Army as a Cadet Officer, and was moved to the Military Academy starting 16/11/1964
  •  Was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant starting 01/08/1967
  •  Was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant starting 01/10/1970
  •  Was promoted to the rank of Captain starting 01/01/1976
  •  Was promoted to the rank of Major starting 01/01/1980
  •  Was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel P.S.C starting 01/01/1984
  •  Was promoted to the rank of Colonel P.S.C starting 07/01/1988
  •  Was promoted to the rank of General P.S.C starting 01/01/1994
  •  Was promoted to the rank of Major General P.S.C starting 12/08/1997

Functions

  • Was transferred to the 3rd Artillery regiment starting 29/08/1967
  •  Was transferred to the 2nd Artillery regiment starting 01/08/1968
  •  Was transferred to the battery of the General Staff, to the 1st battery, and was appointed as intelligence officer and sports, fire and fire officer starting 8/25/1969
  •  Was transferred to the 1st battery, 2nd Artillery regiment- chief of the fire center- starting 12/02/1970
  •  Was transferred to the military police regiment starting 02/05/1971
  •  Was appointed as commander of the police stations company starting 28/07/1971
  •  Was appointed as internal reserve officer and intelligence officer of the regiment, officer of sports and fire and officer of orientation and intelligence starting 08/06/1971
  •  Was appointed as transmission officer, and sports and fire officer starting 10/08/1971
  •  Was appointed mechanical officer at the military police battalion starting 01/07/1972
  •  Was transferred to the 1st Artillery battalion starting 01/07/1972
  •  Was appointed as commander of the 3rd company from 10/07/1972 to 06/09/1972
  •  Was transferred to the military police battalion starting 19/08/1973 and was appointed as commander of the equipment section in the Commandment and Services Company
  •  Was appointed as commander of the equipments section, officer of orientation, intelligence and broadcasting, officer of sports and fire and mechanical officer starting 01/09/1973
  •  Was appointed commander of the Intervention company starting 03/12/1973
  •  Was appointed commander of the SSC service support company HQ starting 12/02/1974
  •  Was appointed as commander of the equipments section, officer of orientation, intelligence and broadcasting, sports, fire officer, and mechanical officer starting 01/08/1974
  •  Was appointed as fire office in the battalion of the military police starting 19/08/1974
  •  Was appointed at the SSC service support company HQ, commander of equipments and transportation section starting 25/04/1975
  •  Was appointed as commander of the Intervention company starting 12/07/1975
  •  Was appointed as Intelligence officer in the battalion starting 01/08/1975
  •  Was moved at the disposal of the coordination center starting 01/11//1975
  •  Was transferred to the regional company of Beirut- at the disposal of the commander of the region starting 05/01/1979
  •  Was moved to the defense bureau of the international airport of Beirut starting 03/05/1979 for 15 days
  •  Was moved to the secretariat of the High Committee of Defense starting 02/12/1979
  •  Was transferred to the general secretariat of the High Committee of Defense starting 01/01/1982
  •  Was moved to the brigade of the Army HQ- battalion of the military police- assistant of the battalion commander, by interim, starting 01/07/1983
  •  Was appointed as deputy director of the study office number 5 starting 17/08/1983
  •  Was transferred to the secretariat of the High Committee of Defense and moved to the commandment and support brigade- logistic battalion- operations of the Army General Staff- Directorate of Operations starting 04/07/1984
  •  Was appointed as Commander of Hammana site starting 10/07/1984
  •  Was transferred to the Secretary General of the High Committee of Defense and moved to the Commandment and support brigade- logistic battalion from 22/08/1984 to 27/08/1986
  •  Was transferred to the HQ battalion starting 28/01/1991
  •  Was transferred to the Secretary General of the High Committee of Defense starting 04/03/1991
  •  Was transferred to the Army HQ- at the disposal of the commandment starting 26/08/1991
  •  Was transferred to the Military Academy- Assistant of the chief of the Academy starting 09/09/1991
  •  Was in charge of the command of the Military Academy from 30/08/1992 until 01/10/1992
  •  Was transferred to the Military Academy and moved to a judge position to look in the infraction cases committed by the recruits, for a month, starting 01/09/1993
  •  Was appointed as a military judge to look in the cases of crimes and infractions committed by the recruits, starting 25/09/1993
  •  Was transferred to the Army Headquarters- Judge of the region of Beirut for the year 1994 starting 24/01/1994
  •  Was appointed judge of the region of Beirut for the year 1995 starting 31/12/1995
  •  Was transferred to the committee of officers' affairs- committee chief starting 16/01/1996
  •  Was appointed as chief of General Staff of the Army starting 24/07/1997
  •  Was in charge of the Army Commandment, as a substitute, starting 24/11/1998 till the appointment of an Army Commander
  •  Retired on 01/07/2000
     

Courses inside the country

  • A course on the use and maintenance of a microterpranov from 03/08/1970 to 06/08/1970
  •  A course for sports and fire officer from 04/10/1971 to 12/11/1971 and from 29/11/1971 until 18/12/1971
  •  A course for battalion command from 02/03/1981 to 16/07/1981
  •  An Italian language course from 05/10/1981 for three months
  •  A course to be upgraded to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1983
     

Courses abroad

  •  learning course in France from 14/09/1967 to 30/07/1968
  •  An advanced police course in the United States of America from 08/08/1972 to 14/08/1973
  •  An intelligence course in the United States of America from 04/04/1979 to 29/11/1979
  •  A staff course in Belgium from 22/08/1984 to 22/07/1986
     

Medals and honors

  • Decoration of war, twice
  •  National Decoration of the Cedar, Knight Grade
  •  Lebanese Order of Merit, 2nd grade
  •  National Decoration of the Cedar, Officer Grade
  •  Decoration of National Union
  •  Decoration of Military Esteem, silver grade
  •  Lebanese Order of Merit, 1st grade
  •  National Decoration of the Cedar, Commandor Grade
  •  Mention of the Armed Forces Commander, 3 times
  •  Felicitations of the Armed Forces Commander 10 times
  •  Felicitations of the region Commander, once