Hikmat al-Shihabi

Hikmat Shihabi
حكمت الشهابي
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Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office
7 January 1980 – 1 July 1998
16th Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army
In office
12 August 1974 – July 1998
Preceded byYusuf Shakkur
Succeeded byAli Aslan
Head of Military Intelligence
In office
1970–1973
Preceded byAli Zaza
Succeeded byAli Duba
Personal details
Born(1931-01-08)8 January 1931
Al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Died5 March 2013(2013-03-05) (aged 82)
Political partyBa'ath Party
AwardsHero of the Republic
Military service
Allegiance Syria
Branch/serviceSyrian Arab Army
Years of service1952–1998
Rank Colonel General
Unit10th Armoured Division
CommandsSyrian Arab Army
10th Armoured Division
Battles/warsSix-Day War
Yom Kippur War
Lebanese Civil War
Islamist uprising in Syria

Hikmat al-Shihabi (Arabic: حكمت الشهابي; 8 January 1931 – 5 March 2013), also known as Hikmat Shihabi, was a Syrian career military officer who served as the chief of staff of the Syrian Army between 1974 and 1998.[1] As a Sunni, he was considered one of the few non-Alawite members of the inner circle of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Faure was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Drysdale, Alasdair (1991). Syria and the Middle East peace process. Raymond A. Hinnebusch. New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-87609-105-2. OCLC 24068106.