Abbas al-Musawi
| Abbas al Moussawi عباس الموسوي |
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| Secretary-General of Hezbollah | |
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In office May 1991 – 16 February 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Subhi al-Tufayli |
| Succeeded by | Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 Al-Nabi Shayth, Lebanon |
| Died | 16 February 1992 (aged 40) Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Occupation | Cleric |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
Abbas al Moussawi (
i/əˈbɑːs əl muː.sɑː.wiː/) Arabic: عباس الموسوي; 1952 – 16 February 1992) was an influential Lebanese Shia cleric, co-founder and Secretary General of Hezbollah. He was killed by the Israel Defense Forces in 1992.
Moussawi was born into a Shia family in the village of Al-Nabi Shayth in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon in around 1952. He spent eight years studying theology in a religious school in Najaf, Iraq, where he was deeply influenced by the views of Iranian Ruhollah Khomeini. Moussawi was a student, at the hawza in Najaf, of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr, an influential Shi'a cleric, philosopher, political leader, and founder of the Da'wa Party of Iraq.
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