Qasem Soleimani

INTJ - 8w9 - sp/so - 863 - Melancholic-Choleric - VFLE - SCOEI - LSI

Qasem Soleimani (11 March 1957 - 3 January 2020) was an Iranian Major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and since 1998 commander of its Quds Force—a division primarily responsible for extraterritorial military and clandestine operations. Soleimani has been described as "the single most powerful operative in the Middle East today" and the principal military strategist and tactician in Iran's effort to combat Western influence and to promote Iranian influence in the Middle East. He has become a public figure and a symbol of Iranian power projection in the region. However, Soleimani has largely refrained from getting involved in the politics of Iran, avoiding political partisanship. For his supporters, Soleimani is the hero who fights ISIS, protects sacred monuments, and preserves Iran’s interests in the region. He was killed in Iraq in a US airstrike on January 3, 2020.