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Ali Aslan
Former Chief of the General Staff of the Syrian Army
Former Chief of the General Staff of the Syrian Army
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Ali Aslan | |
| native_name | ||
| native_name_lang | ar | |
| birth_date | ||
| birth_place | Latakia, French Mandate of Syria | |
| spouse | Almaza Kamel Hassan (d. 2024) | |
| office1 | Chief of the General Staff of the Syrian Arab Army | |
| president1 | Hafez al-Assad | |
| Bashar al-Assad | ||
| term_start1 | 1998 | |
| term_end1 | 2002 | |
| predecessor1 | Hikmat al-Shihabi | |
| successor1 | Hasan Turkmani | |
| office2 | Military Advisor to the Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic | |
| president2 | Bashar al-Assad | |
| term_start2 | 2003 | |
| term_end2 | 2023 | |
| successor2 | Ali Mamlouk | |
| party | Ba'ath Party | |
| allegiance | 25px Second Syrian Republic (1954–1958) | |
| United Arab Republic (1958–1961) | ||
| 25px Second Syrian Republic (1961–1963) | ||
| Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Ba'athist Syria (1963–2002) | ||
| branch | Flag of the Syrian Arab Army.svg Syrian Arab Army | |
| serviceyears | 1954–2002 | |
| unit | 8th Infantry Brigade | |
| 1st Infantry Division | ||
| 5th Mechanized Division | ||
| 2nd Corps | ||
| battles | ||
| rank | [[File:Syrian Arab Army Lieutenant General Services Uniform.png | 30px]] Lieutenant General |
| nationality | Syrian | |
| image | LTG Ali Aslan military portrait.png | |
| caption | Aslan in 2000 |
| honorific-prefix = | honorific-suffix = Bashar al-Assad United Arab Republic (1958–1961) 25px Second Syrian Republic (1961–1963) Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Ba'athist Syria (1963–2002) 1st Infantry Division 5th Mechanized Division 2nd Corps
- Six-Day War
- Yom Kippur War
- Lebanese Civil War
- Syrian intervention
- 1982 Lebanon War
- Islamist uprising in Syria Ali Aslan (; born 1932) is a retired Syrian military officer. He served as chief of staff of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces, and was a member of the Central Committee of the Ba'ath Party and a close confidant of the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad.
Aslan was not only considered to be powerful member of the late Hafez al-Assad's inner circle, but he was also regarded by outside observers as having significantly improved Syrian military readiness while operating under severe financial constraints.
Early life
Aslan hails from an Alawite family which are part of the Kalbiyya tribe as Hafez al-Assad. He was born in 1932.
Career
Asla commanded 5th mechanized infantry in 1973.
At the beginning of the 1980s Aslan was deputy chief of staff and head of operations.
After the death of Hafez al-Assad in 2000, a 9-member committee was formed to oversee the transition period, and Aslan was among its members. In addition, he became a member of the Baath Party's central committee in the Summer of 2000. Aslan was one of the senior officials, who contributed to secure the rule of Bashar al-Assad. However, he was relieved from his post as chief of staff by Bashar al-Assad in January 2002, as part of the younger president's program of reform and after reported clashes with Assef Shawkat regarding personnel changes. Aslan was later appointed military advisor to the president. In June 2005, Aslan was removed from the central committee of the Baath Party, and he retired from politics.
His nephew Qusay was married to Bashar al-Assad's cousin, Falak Jamil, but they divorced.
Honours
National honours
- Syria:
- [[File:SYR Order Merit 1kl rib.png|70px]] Order of Civil Merit (Excellent class) (2021)
References
References
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