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Sami Habib Rihana ( ar, سامي حبيب ريحانا) (born on 6 February 1941) is a Lebanese Brigadier General in the Lebanese army, a historian with two PhDs from
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*1979: USA - Military management course
* 1981 - 1983: Belgium - Breveté d'Etat Major
* 1983: France - Doctorat de troisième cycle ''(PhD)'' - Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV)
* 1986: France - Doctorat d'état ''(PhD)'' - Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV)
Sami Habib Rihana ( ar, سامي حبيب ريحانا) (born on 6 February 1941) is a Lebanese Brigadier General in the Lebanese army, a historian with two PhDs from Paris-Sorbonne University
Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; french: Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV) was a public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the Universit ...
(Paris IV) and a publisher.
Born in the village of Kousba
Kousba ( ar, كوسبا) is a village in Koura District, in the Northern Governorate of Lebanon. The population are Greek Orthodox.
History
According to the elderly residents of this town, the name Kousba comes from the word "Hidden" because of ...
in the Koura District
Koura District ( ar, ٱلْكُورَة, from gr, χώρα, lit=country) is a district in the North Governorate, Lebanon.
Koura is one of the 26 districts of Lebanon, particularly known for its olive tree cultivation and olive oil production ...
of North Lebanon in 1941, he enrolled in the Lebanese military school in 1958 and followed several formations in his military career in France, Belgium and the United States.
He ran in the 2022 Lebanese General Elections for the Greek Orthodox seat in North 3 (Bcharre – Zgharta – Koura – Batroun).
Formation
* 1956 - 1958: Lebanon - Military school * 1962 - 1963: France - Military training * 1976: USA - "Follow me" infantry advanced course - United States Infantry School - Fort Benning, GeorgiaFunctions
Military positions
* 1968 - 1971: Company commander * 1978 - 1981: Battalion commander * 1984 - 1985: Commander of the demilitarized zone in Beirut * 1983 - 1985: Chief of the cease fire Committee in Lebanon * 1985 - 1990: Commander of the 7th Infantry Brigade * 1992 - 1999: Chief of the situation room in the presidential palaceFunctions
* 1975 - 1976: Professor of military history at the officers school * 1988 - 1999: Professor of military history at the armed forces school * 1989 - 2003: Professor of history at theLebanese University
The Lebanese University (LU) (, ) is the only public university in Beirut, Lebanon. It is ranked #701–750 worldwide in terms of education.
The creation of the Lebanese University was an idea first mentioned in the speech of the former Minist ...
* 2000 to date: Chairman & General Manager of Nobilis Publishing House
Works
* 1988: The Contemporary History of the Lebanese Army (Volume 1): The origins - The Orient legion and the auxiliary troops of the Levant (1916–1926) • ''Histoire de l'armée libanaise contemporaine (Tome 1): Les origines - La légion d'Orient et les troupes auxiliaires du Levant (1916-1926)'' * 1993: Encyclopedia of the rural heritage (3 volumes) * 1996: The Contemporary History of the Lebanese Army (Volume 2): The special troops of the Levant and the army of the independence (1926–1946) • H''istoire de l'armée Libanaise contemporaine: Les Troupes spéciales du Levant et l'Armée de l'indépendance (1926-1946)'' * 1996: The military societies across history * 1998: The world at the dawn of the 21st century * 2001: The people of the ancient near-east * 2002: The history of the economy * 2002: Lebanon across centuries (10 volumes) * 2005: Arabs battles encyclopedia (24 volumes) * 2006: The July 2006 war encyclopedia (10 volumes) * 2007: The war of Nahr El Bared 2007 * Legends and peoples of the world (10 volumes) * Lebanon's presidential and ministerial crises (16 volumes) * Michel Aoun encyclopedia (18 volumes) * Kamal Joumblat encyclopedia (18 volumes)Honors
*Ordre National du Mérite Francais *Cedar Medal (Lebanon) *War Medal (Lebanon) *National Order of Merit (Lebanon)References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rihana, Sami 1941 births 20th-century Lebanese historians 21st-century Lebanese military personnel Academic staff of Lebanese University Living people Military historians Paris-Sorbonne University alumni People from Koura District 21st-century Lebanese historians People of the Lebanese Civil War