Said Mohammad Sammour
Said Mohammad Sammour سعيد محمد سمور | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 23 April 2009 – April 2011 | |
| President | Bashar Assad |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Naji Al Otari |
| Preceded by | Bassam Abdel Majid |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Al Shaar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Jableh |
| Political party | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
| Military service | |
| Rank |  Major General |
Said Mohammad Sammour (Arabic: سعيد محمد سمور) (born 1950) is a Syrian military officer and politician who served as interior minister.
Early life and education
Sammour was born in Jableh in 1950.[1] He received a bachelor of arts degree in English literature.[2] He also holds a diploma in aeronautical science.[2]
Career
Sammour is a former major general. He was the chief of Syrian military intelligence in Homs.[1] He also served at the same post in charge with the Damascus Region.[1][3] Then he was appointed deputy chief of the military intelligence in 2005,[4] and served in the post until 2009.[4][5]
On 23 April 2009, he was appointed interior minister to the cabinet headed by then prime minister Mohammad Naji Al Otari, and replaced Bassam Abdel Majid in the post.[6][7][8] In April 2011, Sammour was replaced by Mohammad Al Shaar as interior minister.[9][10]
Personal life
Sammour is married and has four children.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "President Assad's Cabinet Reshuffle". Wikileaks. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ a b c "President Bashar Al Assad Issues a Number of Legislative Decrees". SANA. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ "Ministerial Reshuffle Disappoints". IWPR. 1 May 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ a b Bar, Shmuel (2006). "Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview" (PDF). IPS. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ Robert G. Rabil (2006). Syria, The United States, and the War on Terror in the Middle East. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-275-99015-2. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ "Syria's ministerial reshuffle 'disappointing'". Middle East Online. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ "Syrian Cabinet Reshuffle". Carnegie Endowment. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ "Syrian president reshuffles cabinet with five new ministers". People's Daily. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ "Syrian president reshuffles cabinet". Xinhua. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ "Syrian president reshuffles cabinet". People's Daily. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2013.