Mohammed Fahmi
Mohammed Fahmi | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Interior and Municipalities | |
| In office 21 January 2020 – 10 September 2021 | |
| President | Michel Aoun |
| Prime Minister | Hassan Diab |
| Preceded by | Raya El Hassan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 May 1958 Brigadier General |
| Battles/wars | Lebanese Civil War |
Mohammed Fahmi (
Background
Fahmi was born to a Lebanese mother from the influential Elzein family. He joined the Lebanese army in 1978. He became close to the then head of the Lebanese army general
He held various offices in the
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.[6] 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 the Kataeb offices in Haret Hreik.[7]
References
- ^ "وزير الداخلية والبلديات: محمد فهمي". interior.gov.lb (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2020-11-27.
- ^ "Who is in the new Lebanese government?". thenational.ae. 22 January 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Biographies-express des nouveaux membres de l'équipe ministérielle". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ "Who are the ministers in Lebanon's new government?". gulfnews.com. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ "وزير الداخلية اللبناني: "قتلت اثنين".. اعتراف ناري يثير بلبلة واسعة". arabic.euronews.com (in Arabic). 30 June 2020.
- ^ "الوزير فهمي يعترف انه قتل شخصين والرئيس عون حماه". akhbaralyawm.com (in Arabic). 28 June 2020.