Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh | |
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عبد الفتاح قدسية | |
Deputy Director of National Security Bureau of the Regional Command | |
Assumed office 25 July 2012 | |
Regional Secretary | Bashar al-Assad |
Director of Military Intelligence Directorate | |
In office 1 July 2009 – 25 July 2012 | |
Preceded by | Assef Shawkat |
Succeeded by | Rafiq Shahadah |
Director of Air Force Intelligence Directorate | |
In office 2005 – 1 July 2009 | |
Preceded by | Iz a-Din Isma'il |
Succeeded by | Jamil Hassan |
Personal details | |
Born | 1953 (age 70–71) Hama, Syria |
Political party | Ba'ath Party |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Syria |
Branch/service | Syrian Arab Army |
Years of service | 1973–2012 |
Rank | Major General |
Unit | Special Tasks Regiment |
Battles/wars | Yom Kippur War Syrian civil war |
Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh (Arabic: عبد الفتاح قدسية; born 1953) is since 2012 the deputy director of the Syrian National Security Bureau and a close adviser to President Bashar al-Assad.[1]