Mohammed Fahmi

Mohammed Fahmi (Arabic: محمد فهمي‎; born 1958 in Beirut)[1] is the Lebanese minister of interior and municipalities and a retired general of the Lebanese army. He succeeded Raya El Hassan.

Not to be confused with Mohamed Fahmy.

Background

Fahmi was born to a Lebanese mother from the influential Zein family and an Egyptian father, he is a naturalized Lebanese. He joined the Lebanese army in 1978. He became close to the then head of the Lebanese army general Emile Lahoud (1989–1998) and Jamil Al Sayyed who at the time was second in command of the army's intelligence service. The latter played an important role in his designation as minister of the interior in January 2020. He joined the government of Hassan Diab as an independent. Fahmi is generally considered to be a courageous military and a man who supports the institutions of the state. He held various offices in the Lebanese army: head of the bomb squad removal unit, head commander of the Mount Lebanon military region, and the security department of the military intelligence services. Fahmi studied at the James Madison University in the United States.[2][3][4]

Controversy

On 26 June 2020, Fahmi mentioned in an interview at Al-Manar, that he killed two people in 1981 during the Lebanese Civil War, and Michel Aoun promised to protect him back then.[5] Some analysts wrote that the incident might have happened on 25 November 1978, when Fahmi was a lieutenant officer in the Defense Regiment and Major Michel Aoun was a deputy commander of the First Defense Regiment in Baabda District. However, the victims might have been from the Kataeb Party, after the army decided to install barriers near Kataeb offices in Haret Hreik.[6]

References
  1. "Who is in the new Lebanese government?". thenational.ae. 22 January 2020.
  2. JALKH, Jeanine (2020-01-23). "Mohammad Fahmi face au défi de son legs politique - Jeanine JALKH". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  3. "Biographies-express des nouveaux membres de l'équipe ministérielle". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  4. "Who are the ministers in Lebanon's new government?". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  5. "وزير الداخلية اللبناني: "قتلت اثنين".. اعتراف ناري يثير بلبلة واسعة". arabic.euronews.com (in Arabic). 30 June 2020.
  6. "الوزير فهمي يعترف انه قتل شخصين والرئيس عون حماه". akhbaralyawm.com (in Arabic). 28 June 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
Raya El Hassan		 List of Interior and Municipalities Ministers (Lebanon)
2020–present		 Incumbent
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