Mohammed Saeed Bekheitan

Mohammed Saeed Bekheitan
محمد سعيد بخيتان
Assistant Regional Secretary
of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office
9 June 2005 – 8 July 2013
Regional SecretaryBashar al-Assad
Preceded bySulayman Qaddah
Succeeded byHilal Hilal
Director of the National Security Bureau of
the Regional Command
In office
21 June 2000 – 6 June 2005
Regional SecretaryBashar al-Assad
Preceded byAbd al-Rauf al-Qasem
Succeeded byHisham Ikhtiyar
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office
21 June 2000 – 8 July 2013
Governor of Hama
In office
1993–2000
Preceded byAsaad Mustafa
Succeeded by?
Personal details
Born1945
Died11 March 2022
Damascus, Syria
NationalitySyrian
Political partyBa'ath Party
Military service
Allegiance Syria
RankGeneral

Mohammed Saeed Bekheitan (Arabic: محمد سعيد بخيتان; 1945 – 11 March 2022) was a Syrian politician who was the Assistant Secretary of the Syrian Regional Command of the Ba'ath Party. He held the position from 2005 to 2013. He was a close associate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher al-Assad and was considered a senior decision-maker in the government.[1]

  1. ^ "Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria and repealing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011". EuroLex. 52011PC0887. 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2012.