Sheikh Shams Eddine dies at 66

The chairman of the higher Shiite Islamic council in Lebanon Sheikh Muhammad Mahdi Shams Eddine died in Beirut at 66 year old after he was admitted to hospital at a critical health condition The speaker of the Lebanese parliament Nabih Berri announced the death of Sheikh Shams eddine in a press conference he held after he arrived back in Lebanon.

Worthy mentioning that Sheikh Shams Eddine was elected as chairman of the Shiite Islamic higher council in Lebanon in 1994 after he stayed 16 years as deputy chairman for the council.

Earlier the administration of Saint Herjous hospital in Beirut has announced that the chairman of the higher Shiite Council in Lebanon Sheikh Muhammad Mahdi Shams Eddine who had been treated in this hospital was admitted to the intensive care unit and that he is in a critical health condition.