Abdul Halim Khaddam

His Excellency Abdul Halim Khaddam عَبْد ٱلْحَلِيم خَدَّام
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 Baniyas, Syria
Died	31 March 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 87) France
Political party	Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (until 2006) National Salvation Front in Syria (2006 onwords)

Abdul Halim Khaddam (pronunciation (help·info) AHB-dl hah-LEEM kah-DAM (Arabic: عَبْد ٱلْحَلِيم خَدَّام; 15 September 1932 – 31 March 2020) was a Syrian politician.

Khaddam 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 al-Assad, and held a strong position within the Syrian government^[1] until he resigned his positions and fled the country in 2005 in protest against certain policies of Hafez's son and successor, Bashar al-Assad.

He served as interim President of Syria from 10 June 2000 to 17 July 2000 when Hafez al-Assad died in June 2000. He was later replaced by Bashar al-Assad.

Khaddam died on 31 March 2020 in France of a heart attack, aged 87.^[2]

1. ↑ "Profile: Abdul Halim Khaddam". BBC. 31 December 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
2. ↑ "Former Syrian Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam passes away in France". Archived from the original on 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2020-03-31.