Ashraf Rifi

Ashraf Rifi

General Ashraf Rifi (ArB|أشرف ريفي; also spelled Achraf Rifi) (born April 1, 1954 in Tripoli, Lebanon) is the general director of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (the national police).

Rifi attended Lebanese University, studying the sociology of crime. He studied police work abroad during assignments with police forces in Ottawa, Canada; Maisons-Alfort, France; and Saudi Arabia.

He was promoted to general in April, 2005 when he was named to head the national police.

Rifi is married and has four children.

References

* [http://www.recherches-sur-le-terrorisme.com/Documentsterrorisme/achraf-rifi.html Interview du Brigadier Général Achraf Rifi] , Centre de Recherches sur le Terrorisme, October 2005. Accessed May 21, 2007.
*"La nomination d’un successeur à Jamil Sayyed se heurte à l’écueil confessionnel", L'Orient/Le Jour, April 29, 2005, as republished at [http://www.minorites.org/article.php?IDA=8660 Minorités.org] . Accessed May 21, 2007.


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