Hassan Nasrallah (1960-2024) was a Lebanese Shia cleric, militant, and politician who served as the third secretary-general of Hezbollah from 1992 until his assassination in 2024. Born in Beirut in 1960, Nasrallah completed his education in Tyre and at a Shia seminary in Baalbek, later studying and teaching at an Amal school. He was a founding member of Hezbollah in 1982, an organization established to counter the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.