Naim Mohammad Qassem (Arabic: نعيم قاسم, romanized: Naeim Qasim; born February 1953) is a Lebanese Shia cleric and politician who has served as the fourth secretary-general of Hezbollah since 29 October 2024.

[2] Born in Kfar Kila, Qassem received a master's degree in chemistry from the Lebanese University in 1977.

He worked as a chemistry teacher, before joining Amal, a political movement led by Musa al-Sadr.

He led the party's electoral campaigns, and held a leading intellectual and ideological role.

A month later in October, Qassem was elected as secretary-general after Nasrallah's possible successor Hashem Saffiedine was assassinated by Israeli strikes.

[7] He received a bachelors and a master's degree in Chemistry from the Lebanese University, completing his studies in 1977.

[11] In August 2011, Qassem attended a ceremony for the eighth edition of his book, where he made the statement that "Billions of dollars have been offered to us to rebuild the deprived south Lebanon and in return to surrender our arms and stop the work of the resistance.