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Ali Hammoud

Syrian government official (born 1944)

Summary

Syrian government official (born 1944)

Field	Value
name	Ali Hammoud
native_name
native_name_lang	ar
office	Minister of Interior
primeminister	Muhammad Mustafa Mero
president	Bashar al-Assad
term_start	December 2001
term_end	October 2004
predecessor	Mohammad Harba
successor	Ghazi Kanaan
birth_name	Ali Haj Hammoud
birth_date
birth_place	Homs
party	Ba'ath Party
rank	[[File:Syria Army - OF07.svg	30px]] Major General

|honorific-prefix = |honorific-suffix = Ali Hammoud (, 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.{{cite journal|author=Gary C. Gambill|title=The Military-Intelligence Shakeup in Syria|url=http://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/0202_s1.htm|journal=Middle East Intelligence Bulletin

Career

Hammoud served as head of the general security administration and involved in suppressing the Islamic revolt during the period of 1976–1982. He was an intelligence officer served in West Beirut.{{cite news|title=Irish envoy meets Syrian|newspaper=The Bulletin

Hammoud was named the head of the General Security Directorate in October 2001, replacing Ali Houri in the post. 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.{{cite journal|author=Eyal Zisser|title=Bashar Al Assad and his Regime- Between Continuity and Change|journal=Orient|date=June 2004|volume=45|issue=2|pages=239–256

References

(24 May 1988). "Syria Rejects Iranian Role in Beirut Force". [[Los Angeles Times]].
Nora Boustany. (27 May 1988). "4 Syrian Generals Escape Beirut Assassination Bid". [[The Washington Post]].
(November 2001). "Assad Launches Major Cabinet Reshuffle". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin.
(14 December 2001). "New Syrian Government Formed; Veteran Guards Retain Defence and Foreign Portfolios". Albawaba.
Shmuel Bar. (2006). "Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview". Comparative Strategy.

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