Ahmad Tu'mah
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Ahmad Tu'mah | |
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Prime Minister of the Syrian Opposition | |
In office 14 October 2014 – 17 May 2016 | |
President | Hadi al-Bahra Khaled Khoja Anas al-Abdah |
Preceded by | Himself |
Succeeded by | Jawad Abu Hatab |
In office 14 September 2013 – 22 July 2014 | |
President | Ahmad Jarba Hadi al-Bahra |
Preceded by | Ghassan Hitto (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Himself |
Personal details | |
Born | 1965 (age 58–59) Deir ez-Zor, Syria |
Political party | Independent |
Ahmad Saleh Tu'mah al-Khader (also spelled Tumeh, Touma and Tohme, Arabic: أحمد طعمة; born in 1965, Deir ez-Zor, Syria) is a Syrian politician that was recently elected as Prime Minister of the Syrian interim government created by the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces.[1]
Tu'mah, a self-proclaimed moderate Islamist, won with 75 out of the 97 votes on a meeting held by the National Coalition in Istanbul and, as well as his predecessor Ghassan Hitto, has been tasked to create a government with 13 ministers to govern the zones in Syria currently under the control of the Free Syrian Army forces.[1]
In a statement against the local Kurdish autonomy movement, Tu'mah said: "This movement is the mere product of the Democratic Union Party, and as soon as we topple the Assad regime we will end its short existence."[2]
The interim government was dissolved on 22 July 2014.[3] He was reelected on 14 October 2014 after several days of debate, and getting 63 votes out of 65 cast, although the coalition has 109 members with right to vote.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Syrian opposition elects moderate Islamist as prime minister". Reuters. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ "The lifetime of the Kurdish autonomy movement is short" (in Persian). Kurd Press.
- ^ "Syrian opposition coalition dissolves interim government". Reuters. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ "Al-Khodr re-elected PM of Syrian interim gov't". KUNA. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.