Hassan Nasrallah
| Hassan Nasrallah | |
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| حسن نصر الله | |
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| Secretary-General of Hezbollah | |
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Assumed office 16 February 1992 |
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| Deputy | Naim Qassem |
| Preceded by | Abbas al-Musawi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 August 1960 Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Political party | Hezbollah |
| Religion | Shia Islam (Twelver) |
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Hassan Nasrallah (Arabic: حسن نصرالله Arabic pronunciation: [ħasan nasˁrɑɫɫɑh]; born 31 August 1960) is the third and current Secretary General of the Lebanese political and paramilitary party Hezbollah since his predecessor, Abbas al-Musawi, was assassinated by the Israel Defense Forces in February 1992. Nasrallah is often referred to as "al-Sayyid Hassan" (السيّد حسن), the honorific "Sayyid" denoting descent from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandson Husain ibn Ali. Under his tenor, Hezbollah has been designated a terrorist organization, either wholly or in part, by the United States, the European Union and other nations.
Hasan Nasrallah was born the ninth of ten children into a Shia family in Bourj Hammoud, Matn District (an eastern suburb of Beirut) on 31 August 1960. His father, Abdul Karim, was born in Bazourieh, a village in Jabal Amel (South Republic of Lebanon) located near Tyre. Although his family was not particularly religious, Hassan was interested in theological studies. He attended an-Najah school and later a public school in the predominantly Christian neighborhood of Sin el Fil Beirut.
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