| Abdul Halim Khaddam عبد الحليم خدام | |
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Interim President of Syria | |
| In office 10 June 2000 – 17 July 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Hafez al-Assad |
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| Succeeded by | Bashar al-Assad |
| In office 1984 – 6 June 2005 | |
| Born | September 15, 1932 Baniyas, Syria |
| Political party | Baath Party |
Abdul Halim Khaddam (Arabic: عبد الحليم خدام; born 15 September 1932 in Baniyas) is a Syrian politician and former Vice President of Syria. This page lists presidents and other Heads of State of Syria. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Hafez al-Assad (حافظ الأسد) ( October 6, 1930 &ndash June 10, 2000) was president of Syria, for three Dr Bashar al-Assad (بشار الأسد) (born 11 September, 1965) is the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Regional Secretary Vice President of Syria is the political position in Syria. Multiple persons can hold the office same time Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Baniyas (بانياس is a city of northwestern Syria, located at the foot of the hill of Qalcat el-Marquab 55 km to the south of Latakia (ancient Laodicea Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية The Arab Socialist Ba'th Party (also spelled Baath or Ba'ath; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي was founded in Damascus Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Baniyas (بانياس is a city of northwestern Syria, located at the foot of the hill of Qalcat el-Marquab 55 km to the south of Latakia (ancient Laodicea Vice President of Syria is the political position in Syria. Multiple persons can hold the office same time
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Early life and career
Abdul Halim Khaddam was born on 15 September 1932 in Baniyas, Syria, Abdul Halim was one of the few Sunni Muslims to make it to the top of the Alawite-dominated Syrian leadership, Khaddam was long known as a loyalist of Hafez al-Assad, and held a strong position within the regime. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Baniyas (بانياس is a city of northwestern Syria, located at the foot of the hill of Qalcat el-Marquab 55 km to the south of Latakia (ancient Laodicea Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion For the Alaouite dynasty of Morocco see Alaouite Dynasty, for the former state now in Yemen see Alawi (sheikhdom The Alawites Hafez al-Assad (حافظ الأسد) ( October 6, 1930 &ndash June 10, 2000) was president of Syria, for three He served as foreign minister of Syria from 1970 to 1984 and as Vice President of Syria from 1984 to 2005. Vice President of Syria is the political position in Syria. Multiple persons can hold the office same time He was interim President of Syria from June 10 to July 17, 2000, between the death of Hafez and the election of his son, Bashar al-Assad, as the new President. This page lists presidents and other Heads of State of Syria. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Dr Bashar al-Assad (بشار الأسد) (born 11 September, 1965) is the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Regional Secretary At the time, there were rumours in Damascus that Khaddam would try to seize power.
Resignation
As the new President strengthened his grip on the Baathist bureaucracy, Khaddam, and other members of the "old guard" of the regime, gradually lost influence. The Arab Socialist Ba'th Party (also spelled Baath or Ba'ath; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي was founded in Damascus He announced his resignation on 6 June 2005, during the Ba'th Party Conference. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. That made him one of the last influential members of the "old guard" to leave the top tier of the regime. The announcement came at a point when his political wings had already been clipped, but still the most powerful Sunni member in an Alawi Shi'ite regime. After resigning, he relocated to Paris, France, ostensibly to write his memoirs[1].
In an interview with Al Arabiya network from Paris, France, on December 30, 2005 Khaddam denounced Assad's many "political blunders" in dealing with Lebanon. Al Arabiya (العربية) is an Arabic-language Television News channel Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية He especially attacked Rustum Ghazali, former head of Syrian operations in Lebanon, and defended his predecessor Ghazi Kanaan - Syria's Interior Minister, who is believed to have committed suicide in October 2005. Rustum Ghazali (also transl from Arabic as Rostom Ghazaleh, Rustom Ghazale, etc is a Syrian politician and military officer Ghazi Kanaan (1942 &ndash 12 October 2005) ( Arabic: غازي كنعان; transliterations vary was Syria 's Interior Minister Khaddam also said that former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri, to whom Khaddam was considered close, "received many threats" from Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. This page lists Prime ministers of Lebanon. By an unwritten agreement following independence the holder of this post must be a Sunni Muslim. The assassination of al-Hariri in February 2005 triggered the massive protests that eventually ended the 30-year long Syrian occupation of Lebanon. The Cedar Revolution ( Arabic: ثورة الأرز - thawrat al-arz) or Independence Intifada ( intifāḍat al-istiqlāl) was a chain of demonstrations The Syrian occupation of Lebanon (sometimes called the Syrian military presence in Lebanon) is the period 1976-2005 when Syria had a military presence in and
Exile
The Syrian parliament responded the next day by voting to bring treason charges against him, and the Baath Party expelled him. Following the Khaddam interview, the UN Commission headed by Detlev Mehlis investigating the al-Hariri murder said it had asked the Syrian authorities to question Bashar al-Assad and Syria's Foreign Minister Faruq al-Sharaa. The Mehlis Report is the result of the United Nations ' investigation into the 14 February 2005 assassination of Lebanon 's former prime minister Detlev Mehlis (born 1949 is currently the Senior Public Prosecutor in the Office of the Attorney General in Berlin. Farouk al-Sharaa (فاروق الشرع also known as Farouq al-Sharaa (born 10 December, 1938) is a Syrian politician and diplomat According to the Lebanese Daily Star newspaper, the Commission has interviewed Khaddam on January 5, 2006. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
On 14 January Khaddam announced that he was forming a 'government in exile', predicting the end of al-Assad's regime by the end of year 2006. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. His accusations against al-Assad and his inner circle regarding the al-Hariri murder also grew more explicit: Khaddam said he believed that al-Assad ordered al-Hariri's assassination.
Khaddam is the highest ranking Syrian official to have publicly cut his ties with the authoritarian regime, with the possible exception of Rifaat al-Assad, brother of former President Hafez al-Assad, who was exiled in 1983, following an attempted coup d'êtat. Authoritarianism describes a Form of government characterized by an emphasis on the Authority of the State in a republic or union Rifaat al-Assad (رفعت الأسد is the younger brother of the former President of Syria, Hafiz al-Assad, and the uncle of the current President Bashar This page lists presidents and other Heads of State of Syria. Hafez al-Assad (حافظ الأسد) ( October 6, 1930 &ndash June 10, 2000) was president of Syria, for three Khaddam leads the opposition group NSF (National Salvation Front) that promises to bring down the regime of Bashar Assad peacefully. Dr Bashar al-Assad (بشار الأسد) (born 11 September, 1965) is the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Regional Secretary The NSF had its last meeting on September 16, 2007 in Berlin, where some 140 opposition figures attended. On Feb 16th, 2008, he accused the Syrian regime of assassinating a top Hezbollah fugitive "for Israels sake. Hezbollah (حزب الله, literally " party of God " is a Shi'a Islamic political and Paramilitary organisation " [2]
External links
- Political biography at "Middle East Intelligence Bulletin", February 2000
- Ex-Syrian VP denounces government: report (Reuters) accessed on December 30, 2005
- Hariri threatened by Syria head BBC, December 30, 2005
- Former Syrian VP says Assad was involved in Hariri's death Haaretz, December 31, 2005
- Syria party kicks out 'traitor' BBC, January 1, 2006
- UN asks to meet Syrian president, BBC, January 2, 2006
- The Fox Speaks - Sami M. This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Moubayed in Al-Ahram Weekly
- Former Syrian VP set to form government in exile, Haaretz, January 15, 2006
| Preceded by Hafez al-Assad | President of Syria (Acting President) 10 June – 17 July 2000 | Succeeded by Bashar al-Assad |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Khaddam, Abdul Halim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | عبد الحليم خدام (Arabic); Khaddam, Abdulhalim (alternate transliteration) |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Syrian leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baniyas |
| DATE OF DEATH | living |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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