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Lebanese Army Military Academy.
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Jean Kahwaji
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Career
Kahwaji joined the Lebanese army in 1973. He trained abroad, especially in the United States and Italy. He also underwent anti-terrorism training in Germany in 2006, as well as in Italy.
He headed the army"s 12th Infantry Brigade since 2002.
He also went to the Swedish military school in Boden Garrison in Sweden for terrain warfare during the 1990s. On 30 August 2008, the Lebanese government appointed Brigadier-General Jean Kahwaji to be chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces, replacing Michel Suleiman, who became President of Lebanon in May 2008.
