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Naim Qassem

Secretary-General of Hezbollah since 2024 Naim Qassemنعيم قاسمQassem in 20144th Secretary-General of HezbollahIncumbentAssumed office 27 September 2024DeputyHimself(Sep–Oct 2024)Vacant(Oct 2024–present)Preceded byHassan Nasrallah1st Deputy Secretary-General of HezbollahIn officeMay 1991 – 29 October 2024Secretary-GeneralAbbas al-MusawiHassan NasrallahHimself (acting)Preceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byMohammad Raad Personal detailsBornNaim bin Muhammad Naim QassemFebruary 1953 (age 73)Kfar Fila, LebanonPartyHezbollah (since 1982)Other politicalaffiliationsAmal Movement (until 1979)Children6EducationLebanese University Part of a series onHezbollah Ideology History Flag Foreign relations Funding Headquarters Political activities Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc Mar Mikhael Agreement 2006–2008 protests Doha Agreement Iran relations Russia relations Military activities Wars and conflicts involving Hezbollah Lebanese Civil War 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut 1983 Beirut barracks bombings War of the Camps War of Brothers South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) El Descanso bombing 1986 Rue de Rennes bombing September 1992 South Lebanon clashes 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms