Ahmad Hassan (Syrian politician)
Ahmad Hassan | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Information | |
| In office 2003 – 4 October 2004 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Muhammad Naji al-Otari |
| Preceded by | Adnan Omran |
| Succeeded by | Mahdi Dakhlallah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1947 (age 77–78) |
| Political party | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Ahmad Hassan (born 1947) is a Syrian diplomat and politician who served as information minister from 2003 to 2004.
Early life
[edit]Hassan hails from an Alawi family based in Tartous.[1] He was born, in 1947, in a village near Lattakia and later moved to Baniyas.[1]
Career
[edit]Hassan served as the head of the first Baathist school in the 1960s.[1] He is a member of Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and close to former vice president Abdul Halim Khaddam.[1] He was also an auxiliary-member of the National Leadership until 1984 when then president Hafez al-Assad removed the Khaddam faction from the Leadership.[1]
Hassan served as Syria's ambassador to Iran for a long time since the early 1990s until being replaced by Hamid Hassan in May 2003.[2][3] He was appointed information minister to the Syrian cabinet in 2003 and replaced Adnan Omran in the post.[4] Hassan's term ended in October 2004, and he was succeeded by Mahdi Dakhlallah as information minister.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Joshua Landis (8 October 2004). "Asad's Alawi dilemma". Syria Comment. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ Joshua Landis (19 January 2005). "Islamism in Syria". Syria Comment. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ Nadia von Maltzahn (2015). The Syria-Iran Axis: Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations in the Middle East. London; New York: I.B.Tauris. p. 72. ISBN 9781784531690.
- ^ Shmuel Bar (2006). "Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview". Comparative Strategy. 25 (5). doi:10.1080/01495930601105412.
- ^ Nicholas Blanford (6 October 2004). "Questions remain after Syrian Cabinet reshuffle". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ Eyāl Zîser (2007). Commanding Syria: Bashar Al-Asad and the First Years in Power. London; New York: I.B.Tauris. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-84511-153-3.