Mohammed Saeed Bekheitan | |
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محمد سعيد بخيتان | |
| Assistant Regional Secretary of theSyrian Regional Branch | |
| In office 9 June 2005 – 8 July 2013 | |
| Regional Secretary | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Sulayman Qaddah |
| Succeeded by | Hilal Hilal |
| Director of theNational Security Bureau of theRegional Command | |
| In office 21 June 2000 – 6 June 2005 | |
| Regional Secretary | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Abd al-Rauf al-Qasem |
| Succeeded by | Hisham Ikhtiyar |
| Member of theRegional Command of theSyrian Regional Branch | |
| In office 21 June 2000 – 8 July 2013 | |
| Governor ofHama | |
| In office 1993–2000 | |
| Preceded by | Asaad Mustafa |
| Succeeded by | ? |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 (1945) |
| Died | 11 March 2022(2022-03-11) (aged 76–77) |
| Nationality | Syrian |
| Party | Ba'ath Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Ba'athist Syria |
| Rank | General |
Mohammed Saeed Bekheitan (Arabic:محمد سعيد بخيتان; 1945 – 11 March 2022) was a Syrian politician who was the Assistant Secretary of theSyrian Regional Command of theBa'ath Party. He held the position from 2005 to 2013. He was a close associate of Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad and his brotherMaher al-Assad and was considered a senior decision-maker in the government.[1]
Bukheitan was aSunni Muslim ofBedouin origins inDeir ez-Zor, a Sunni dominated region near the border with Iraq.[2] He built his career in the police, eventually attaining the rank of general in the criminal security branch of theMinistry of Interior. From 1993 to 2000 he served as Governor ofHama, a major Sunni region in Syria. Since June 2000, he has been on the Regional Command of the Syrian Ba'ath Party. He headed the importantNational Security Bureau from 2000 to 2005 and since then has been the Assistant Secretary of the Syrian Regional Command of the Baath Party, the second highest position in the political party after the Syrian president.[citation needed]
Bekheitan was described by sources as an old guard Ba'athist who opposed reform efforts in Syria, even from inside the Ba'ath party. He was sanctioned by the European Union for "his senior decision making role in the repression of protesters participating in theSyrian Civil War".[1] He died inDamascus on 11 March 2022.[3]
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