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Abdul Halim Khaddam

Abdul Halim Khaddam
عبدالحليم خدام
Foreign Minister Abdul Halim Khaddam with Lebanese Prime Minister Takiddine al-Sulh in 1975(2).png
Khaddam in 1975
Vice President of Syria
In office
March 1984 – 6 June 2005
President Hafez al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad
President of Syria
Interim
In office
10 June 2000 – 17 July 2000
Preceded by Hafez al-Assad
Succeeded by Bashar al-Assad
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1970–1984
Preceded by Mustapha al-Said
Succeeded by Farouk al-Sharaa
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office
13 November 1970 – 9 June 2005
Personal details
Born (1932-09-15) 15 September 1932 (age 84)
Baniyas, Syria
Political party Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (until 2006)
National Salvation Front in Syria (2006 onwords)
Religion Islam

Abdul Halim Khaddam (About this sound pronunciation  AHB-dl hah-LEEM kah-DAM (Arabic: عبد الحليم خدام‎‎; born 15 September 1932) is a Syrian politician who was Vice President of Syria from 1984 to 2005. He was one of the few Sunni Muslims to make it to the top of the Alawite-dominated Syrian leadership. He was long known as a loyalist of Hafez Assad, and held a strong position within the Syrian government until he resigned his positions and fled the country in 2005 in protest against certain policies of Hafez's son and successor, Bashar Assad.

Abdul Halim Khaddam was born on 15 September 1932 in Baniyas, Syria. His family was Sunni Muslim with a middle-class origin, and his father was a respected lawyer. Khaddam obtained his elementary and secondary education in Baniyas and then studied law at Damascus University.


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