Hassan Nasrallah
Secretary General, Hizballah
Beirut, Lebanon
Hassan Nasrallah is the current Secretary General of Hezbollah in Lebanon. He was born in 1960 in the Bourji Hammoud neighborhood east of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. In 1975, the Lebanese Civil War forced Nasrallah to move to Bassouriyeh where he joined the Amal movement, a political group that represents Shi’a in Lebanon. In the early 1980s, Nasrallah was elected as Amal’s political delegate in Bikaa, making him a member of the central political offices. In 1992, he became the leader of Hezbollah after Israel assassinated the movement’s leader, Sheikh Musawi. Nasrallah is revered as one of the most powerful and charismatic figures in the Middle East.
