Ahmad Tu'mah

Ahmad Saleh Tu'mah al-Khader (also spelled Tumeh, Touma and Tohme, Arabic: أحمد طعمة; born 1965, in Deir ez-Zor, Syria) is a Syrian politician who was elected as Prime Minister of the Syrian interim government created by the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces.^[1]

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Quick Facts Prime Minister of the Syrian Opposition, President ...

Ahmad Tu'mah

Prime Minister of the Syrian Opposition
In office 14 October 2014 – 17 May 2016
President	Hadi al-Bahra Khaled Khoja Anas al-Abdah
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Jawad Abu Hatab
In office 14 September 2013 – 22 July 2014
President	Ahmad Jarba Hadi al-Bahra
Preceded by	Ghassan Hitto (Acting)
Succeeded by	Himself

Personal details
Born	1965 (age 58–59) Deir ez-Zor, Syria
Political party	Independent

Tu'mah, a self-proclaimed moderate Islamist, won with 75 out of the 97 votes on a meeting held by the National Coalition in Istanbul and, as was with his predecessor Ghassan Hitto, has been tasked to create a government with 13 ministers to govern the zones in Syria currently under the control of the Free Syrian Army forces.^[1]

In a statement against the local Kurdish autonomy movement, Tu'mah said: "This movement is the mere product of the Democratic Union Party, and as soon as we topple the Assad regime we will end its short existence."^[2]

The interim government was dissolved on 22 July 2014.^[3] He was reelected on 14 October 2014 after several days of debate, and getting 63 votes out of 65 cast, although the coalition has 109 members with right to vote.^[4]

Political offices
Preceded by Ghassan Hitto Acting	Prime Minister of the Syrian Opposition 2013–2014	Succeeded by Himself
Preceded by Himself	Prime Minister of the Syrian Opposition 2014–2016	Succeeded by Jawad Abu Hatab

Ahmad Tu'mah

Prime Minister of the Syrian Opposition
In office 14 October 2014 – 17 May 2016
President	Hadi al-Bahra Khaled Khoja Anas al-Abdah
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Jawad Abu Hatab
In office 14 September 2013 – 22 July 2014
President	Ahmad Jarba Hadi al-Bahra
Preceded by	Ghassan Hitto (Acting)
Succeeded by	Himself

Personal details
Born	1965 (age 58–59) Deir ez-Zor, Syria
Political party	Independent

Ahmad Tu'mah

Prime Minister of the Syrian Opposition

In office
14 October 2014 – 17 May 2016

President

Hadi al-Bahra
Khaled Khoja
Anas al-Abdah

Preceded by

Himself

Succeeded by

Jawad Abu Hatab

In office
14 September 2013 – 22 July 2014

President

Ahmad Jarba
Hadi al-Bahra