General Directorate of State Security
Division of Staff Affairs
No.: 104/505
Brigadier General Sassine MERHEB Curriculum Vitae
Place and Date of Birth: Okaibe, April 12, 1965
Civil Status: Married – Number of Children: 3
Date of Enrollment: January 09, 1984
General Knowledge and Education:
- Lebanese Baccalaureate Certificate - Experimental Sciences section
- Bachelor’s Degree in Military Sciences
Languages: Arabic – French – English
Courses Attended
In Lebanon:
- Commando Course: March 30, 1987 – May 23, 1987
- Skiing Course: February 01, 1988 – February 27, 1988
- Officer Orientation Course: October 11, 1993 – October 23, 1993
- Judicial Officer Course: January 30, 1995 – February 13, 1995
- French Language Course: September 03, 2003 – September 26, 2003
- Battalion Commander: November 11, 2002 – March 26, 2003 Abroad:
- Signal Officer Basic Course (Study Course at the United States of America): May 23, 1988 – October 21, 1988
- Signal Officer Advanced Course (Study Course at the United States of America): February 03, 1997 – July 22, 1997
- Armed Conflict Law Course (Turkey): November 08, 2014 – November 23, 2014
Missions Abroad:
- Finland – Spain – United Arab Emirates – Germany – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Egypt – United States of America – Mexico – Qatar – Romania – Australia – Czech Republic – Iraq – Italy – France.
Promotions:
- Second Lieutenant as of August 01, 1986
- First Lieutenant as of August 01, 1989
- Captain as of January 01, 1994
- Major as of January 01, 1999
- Lieutenant - Colonel as of January 01, 2004
- Colonel as of July 01, 2008
- Brigadier General as of July 01, 2014
- Transferred from the Lebanese Army to the State Security as of January 10, 2013
Positions (Lebanese Army):
- Signal Platoon Commander
- Sports and Archery Officer
- Motorized Intervention Platoon Commander
- Telecommunication Platoon Commander
- Chief of the Leadership of the Signal Section
- Head of the Technical Branch at the Directorate of Intelligence
- Head of the Second Section of the Presidential Guard Brigade
Positions (State Security):
- Regional Director of Mount Lebanon Regional Directorate
- Head of the Planning and Organization Division
- Head of the Information Division
National and Foreign Rewards and Medals:
- Commendations (30)
- Written Congratulations (13)
- Financial Rewards
- Military Valor Medal
- War Medal (2)
- Lebanese Order of Merit (Second & Third Grades)
- National Order of the Cedar (Knight & Officer)
- Counter-Terrorism Medal
- Competence Medal
- Conferences Medal
Beirut, on October 05, 2019
Colonel Anwar Hamieh
Head of the Division of Staff Affairs
(Signature & Seal)