Ali Hammoud

Ali Hammoud
علي حمود
Minister of Interior
In office
December 2001 – October 2004
President Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa Mero
Preceded by Mohammad Harba
Succeeded by Ghazi Kanaan
Personal details
Born 1944 (age 70–71)
Homs
Political party Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Religion Alawite
Military service
Rank Major General

Ali Haj Hammoud (Arabic: علي حمود‎) (born 1944) is a former Syrian intelligence officer and general who served as minister of interior from 2001 to 2004.

Early life

Hammoud was born in Homs into an Alawite family in 1944.[1][2]

Career

Hammoud served as head of the general security administration and involved in suppressing the Islamic revolt during the period of 1976–1982.[1] He was an intelligence officer served in West Beirut.[3] Then he was made Syria's military intelligence chief in Beirut and had the rank of brigadier general.[4] During his term in Lebanon, he had close ties with Emile Lahoud.[5]

Hammoud was named the head of the General Security Directorate in October 2001, replacing Ali Houri.[2][6] Shortly after he was appointed interior minister in December 2001 in a cabinet reshuffle by Bashar al-Assad and replaced Mohammad Harba as interior minister.[1][7][8] Hammoud was also promoted to the rank of major general.[9] The cabinet was headed by then prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Mero.[10] Hisham Ikhtiar succeeded Hammoud as the head of the General Security Directorate.[11] Hammoud served as interior minister until October 2004 when he was replaced by Ghazi Kanaan in a cabinet reshuffle.[12][13][14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Zisser, Eyal (June 2004). "Bashar Al Assad and his Regime- Between Continuity and Change". Orient 45 (2): 239–256. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gambill, Gary C. (February 2002). "The Military-Intelligence Shakeup in Syria". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin 4 (2). Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Irish envot meets Syrian". The Bulletin (Beirut). 15 July 1990. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Syria Rejects Iranian Role in Beirut Force". Los Angeles Times (Beirut). AP. 24 May 1988. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Gambill, Gary C.; Ziad K. Abdelnour; Bassam Endrawos (November 2001). "Dossier: Emile Lahoud". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin 3 (11). Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Assad Launches Major Cabinet Reshuffle". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin 3 (11). November 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "New Syrian governments formed, 33 ministers, including 4 prime minister deputies, 17 ministers for the first time". Arabic News. 14 December 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  8. ↑ Moubayed, Sami (20–26 December 2001). "Ushering in the new". Al Ahram Weekly 565. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  9. ↑ Eur (2003). The Middle East and North Africa 2003. Europa Publications. p. 1019. ISBN 978-1-85743-132-2. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "New Syrian Government Formed; Veteran Guards Retain Defence and Foreign Portfolios". Albawaba. 14 December 2001. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  11. ↑ Bar, Shmuel (2006). "Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview". IPS. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  12. ↑ "Obituary: Ghazi Kanaan". BBC. 12 October 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "Syrian minister kills himself after UN quiz". ITP. 16 October 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  14. ↑ Nicholas Blanford (6 October 2004). "Questions remain after Syrian Cabinet reshuffle". The Daily Star (Beirut). Retrieved 26 December 2013.
Political offices
Preceded by
Mohammad Harba		 Interior Minister
2001–2004 		Succeeded by
Ghazi Kanaan