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Emile Boustany
Emile Boustany
Personal details
Born	1909 Jounieh
Died	2002 (aged 92–93)
Nationality	Lebanese
Occupation	Commander in Lebanese Armed Forces
Military service
Rank	General

Emile Boustany (1909–2002) was a Lebanese military general who served as the Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces from 1 July 1965 until 6 January 1970.

Biography

Boustany was born in Jounieh to a poor Lebanese family. He served as a commander with the rank of general in the Lebanese Armed Forces^[1] from 1 July 1965 to 6 January 1970.^[2]

Boustany went to Egypt in 1969 and drafted the Cairo Accord, which was the first official concession of sovereignty of the Lebanese state. It is said that Egyptian President Nasser was pleasantly surprised to see the degree of concession offered to him - at the time Egypt had a strong say in electing the Lebanese president. ^{[citation needed]}

In 1973, he was named the primary suspect in a bribery scandal within the Lebanese Army related to arms transactions. He fled to Syria where he was granted asylum by Hafez al-Assad. From Syria, he helped to subvert Saeb Salam's government.^[3]

Boustany's daughter, Loubna, married Jean Obeid.^[4]

Awards and honors

Lebanese Silver Order of Merit
Syrian Order of Merit in 2nd grade
Commemorative Medal of Palestine
National Order of the Cedar in grade of Knight
Order of the Phoenix in rank of Commandor
War Medal in Silver Star
Lebanese Golden Medal of Merit
National Order of the Cedar in Officer Grade
American Legion of Merit
Order of the Throne of Marrakech in grade of grand officer
Medal of the Eagle for aviation in excellent class
Golden Commemorative Medal of his Holiness Pope Leon XIII of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Lebanese Order of Merit, order of Commandor
Commemorative Medal
Medal of Competence from the Minister of the Interior
Brazilian National Order of Merit in grade of grand officer
Haitian National Order of Honor and Merit in grade of Grand Cordon
Senegalese National Order in grade of grand officer
Ethiopian Grand Cordon
Grand Cordons of the Order of Independence (Jordan)
National Order of the Cedar in grade of grand officer
Military Medal
Felicitations of the Prime Minister
Commendation for the troop
Felicitations of the Commander of the Mount Lebanon region

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Commanders of the Lebanese Armed Forces

Commanders of the Lebanese Armed Forces
Fuad Chehab (1945–58) Toufic Salem (1958–59) Adel Shehab (1959–65) Emile Boustany (1965–70) Jean Njeim (1970–71) Iskandar Ghanem (1971–75) Hanna Saïd (1975–77) Victor Khoury (1977–82) Ibrahim Tannous (1982–84) Michel Aoun (1984–89) Émile Lahoud (1989–98) Michel Suleiman (1998–2008) Jean Kahwaji (2008–17) Joseph Aoun (2017–)