Major General Ali Hajj
Former Director General of Internal Security Forces

Place and Date of Birth: Born in Beirut on November 30, 1955.
Sect: Sunnite.
Marital status: Married to Samar Abdelhadi Shalaq with 2 children, Salaheddine (an ISF Lieutenant), and Jad (a university student).
Education: BA in Lwa and Political Stusies from the Lebanese University, BA in History from the Lebanese University, Diploma in Policy and Genral Security Studies, PH.D in Security Studied from The Colloge of Higher Studies of the Egyptian Police Acadamy. Attended several couses and particiapted in a number of coferences and syposiums at home and abroad.
Military Career: Joined the Military Academy, on October 1, 1973. Promoted to Lieutenant on June 1, 1976, to First Lieutenant on January 1, 1980, to Captain on June 1, 1984, to Major on Janauary 1, 1989, to Lieutenant Colonel on June 1, 1994, to Colonel on January 1, 1998, to Brigadier on January 1, 2002, and to Major General on November 9, 2004.
Professional Background: Held several posts, including the Msaitbeh Police Regiment, The Internal Security Forces Institute, Commander of the South Coastal Regiment, the Burj Al Barajeneh Regiment, Commander of the Prime Ministerial Guards Brigade, Second Commander of the the Special Criminal Investigation Section-Emergency Brigade, Commander of the Dispalced Affairs Brigade, and Commander of the Biqaa Regional Command.
Service Termination: Replaced by Major General Ashraf Rifi following a decision by the government adopted in its session of Thursday, April 28, 2005.The termination of Hajj's services as well as the services of state prosecutor Adnan and Addoum and other security services chiefs was a top demand by the opposition as a result of their possible role in the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri on February 14, 2005.
Imprisonment: On Saturday, September 3, 2005, Lebanon Investigating judge Elias Eid issues arrest warrants for four high-ranking officials allowing them to be kept in custody in connection with the murder investigation of slain ex-premier Rafiq Hariri. The detainees were presidential guard commander Mustafa Hamdan, former general security chief Jamil al-Sayed, ex-internal security head Ali al-Hage, and former army intelligence director Raymond Azar. They were first arrested earlier in the week. The four were close allies of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud. Their arrests marked the first major step towards a trial over the bomb blast which sparked a wave of public protests that led to the departure of Syrian troops in April and transformed Lebanese politics. The assassination has been widely blamed on Syria and its political allies in Lebanon at the time, charges vehemently rejected by Damascus. Detlev Mehlis, the head of the UN commission assisting the Lebanese authorities with the inquiry, described the original arrest of the four as a "a very important step" but also cautioned that they were only "part of the picture" and the case was far from over.