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 theWorks
* 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