Ghassan Alian, or Rasan Alian (Arabic: غسان عليان, Hebrew: רסאן עליאן; born 21 March 1972), is IDF's Chief Paratroopers Officer, Brigadier general by rank. He was the commanding officer of the Golani Brigade, a colonel by rank. He is the first non-Jewish commander of the brigade and the second Druze officer to command an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade; the first was Imad Fares, commander of the Givati Brigade. Alian is the highest ranking Druze in the IDF and has served since 1990.
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21 March 1972 (age 53) Shfaram synagogue, Shefa-'Amr, Israel
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