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 79–80) Homs |
| Political party | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
| Military service | |
| Rank |  Major General |
Ali Haj Hammoud (Template:Lang-ar) (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]
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- ^ Nicholas Blanford (6 October 2004). "Questions remain after Syrian Cabinet reshuffle". The Daily Star. Beirut. Retrieved 26 December 2013.