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Ahmad Hassan (born 1947) is a Syrian diplomat and politician who served as information minister from 2003 to 2004.
Ahmad Hassan | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Information | |
| In office 2003 – 4 October 2004 | |
| President | Bashar Assad |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Naji Al Otari |
| Preceded by | Adnan Omran |
| Succeeded by | Mahdi Dakhlallah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1947 (age 76–77) |
| Political party | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
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]
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 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]
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