Hasan Turkmani | |
|---|---|
حسن توركماني | |
| Deputy Vice President for Military Affairs | |
| In office 3 June 2009 – 18 July 2012 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Muhammad Naji al-Otari Adel Safar Riyad Farid Hijab |
| 13th Minister of Defense | |
| In office 12 May 2004 – 3 June 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Mustafa Tlass |
| Succeeded by | Ali Habib Mahmud |
| 18th Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army | |
| In office 23 January 2002 – 12 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Aslan |
| Succeeded by | Ali Habib Mahmud |
| Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
| In office 9 June 2005 – 18 July 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1935 Aleppo, French Mandate of Syria |
| Died | 18 July 2012 (aged 77) Damascus, Syria |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Syria |
| Branch/service | Syrian Arab Armed Forces |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars | Yom Kippur War Syrian Civil War |
Hasan Ali Turkmani (Arabic: حسن توركماني; 27 January 1935 – 18 July 2012) was a prominent Syrian military commander and Ba'ath Party member. He served as Syria's Minister of Defense from 2004 to 2009.[1]
He was among four top Syrian government officials killed in a bombing in Damascus on 18 July 2012.
- ^ Bar, Shmuel (2006). "Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview" (PDF). Comparative Strategy. 25 (5): 436. doi:10.1080/01495930601105412. S2CID 154739379. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.