Hezbollah He already has a new leader. Naim Qassem takes command of the Lebanese militia party a month after the assassination by Israel of his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallahduring an attack in Dahiye (Beirut). Nasrallah led the organization for the past three decades.
Qassem, 71, was number 1.Number two in Hezbollah since 1991always in Nasrallah’s shadow. His great oratory skills have made him a key player in management, and his speeches have always been followed by thousands of people at public events.
He participated in the founding of Hezbollah in the 1980s.and became number two in 1991, when its leader at the time, Abbas Mussawi, was assassinated by Israel with a military helicopter shot. Nasrallah assumed leadership and took the position of deputy secretary general, responsible for political and institutional issues.
Party militia used other names to succeed Nasrallah, such as Mohammad Yazbeck, close to the supreme leader of Iran, or Ibrahim Amine el Sayed, responsible for announcing the creation of Hezbollah in 1985.
