Major General Wafiq Jizzini
وفيق جزيني
Director General of the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security
In office 4 July 2005 – 4 December 2010
Preceded by	Jamil Al Sayyed
Succeeded by	Abbas Ibrahim
Personal details
Born	(1951-12-04)December 4, 1951 Beirut
Died	March 4, 2011(2011-03-04) (aged 59) Germany
Website	www.general-security.gov.lb
Military service
Years of service	1973 - 2010
Rank	Major general
Commands	-General Director of General Directorate of General Security 2005-2010 -Director of the Office of the Lebanese Army Commander 1998-2005

Major General Wafiq Jizzini (Arabic: وفيق جزيني; also spelled Wafic Jezzini or Wafik Jezzini; 4 December 1951 – 4 March 2011) was the general director of the General Directorate of General Security of Lebanon from 2005 to 2010.

Career

Jizzini was born on December 4, 1951, in Beirut. He joined the Lebanese Army Military Academy on October 1, 1973.^[1] Major General Wafiq Jizzini took command of several sensitive positions in the Lebanese Army.

Major General Wafik Jizzini in Military Suit as the Director of the Office of the Lebanese Army Commander

The last position in the army was director of the Office of the Army Commander Michel Suleiman, before becoming the general director of the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security on July 4, 2005; succeeding the strong leadership of Major General (P.S.C.) Jamil Al Sayyed where this Directorate has been renowned by the United Nations as the "Best Administration of the year 2004" in the Middle East during the Jamil Al Sayyed era. ^[2] On December 4, 2010, Jizzini reached the retirement age of 59.^[3] This was the end of his military life.

Personal life

Jizzini was married to Aida Nassar and has one daughter and three sons.

Death

Jizzini showed symptoms of pancreatic tumor months before retirement. He died three months after retirement on March 4, 2011, in a hospital in Germany while taking treatment.^[4]

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