Ali Hammoud | |
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| Minister of Interior | |
| In office December 2001 – October 2004 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Muhammad Mustafa Mero |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Harba |
| Succeeded by | Ghazi Kanaan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ali Haj Hammoud 1944 (age 80–81) Homs |
| Political party | Syrian Regional Branch of theArab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
| Military service | |
| Rank |  Major General |
Ali Hammoud (Arabic:علي حمود, born 1944) is a former Syrian intelligence officer and general who served asminister of interior from 2001 to 2004.
Hammoud was born inHoms into anAlawite family in 1944.[1][2]
Hammoud served as head of the general security administration and involved in suppressing the Islamic revolt during the period of 1976–1982.[1] He was an intelligence officer served inWest Beirut.[3] Then he was made Syria's military intelligence chief in Beirut and had the rank ofbrigadier general.[4] During his term in Lebanon, he had close ties withEmile Lahoud.[5] In May 1988 while serving as military intelligence chief in Lebanon Hammoud and three other Syrian military officers, Saeed Bairaqdar,Ghazi Kanaan and Zuheir Mustat, escaped an assassination in Ghobeiry district of Beirut.[6]
Hammoud was named the head of theGeneral Security Directorate in October 2001, replacing Ali Houri in the post.[2][7] Shortly after he was appointed interior minister in December 2001 in a cabinet reshuffle byBashar al-Assad and replaced Mohammad Harba as interior minister.[1][8][9] Thecabinet was headed by Prime MinisterMuhammad Mustafa Mero.[10] Hammoud was also promoted to the rank ofmajor general.[11]Hisham Ikhtiar succeeded Hammoud as the head of the General Security Directorate.[12] Hammoud served as interior minister until October 2004 when he was replaced by Ghazi Kanaan in a cabinet reshuffle.[13]
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