Abdul Halim Khaddam عَبْد ٱلْحَلِيم خَدَّام | |
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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 | Baniyas, Syria | 15 September 1932
Died | 31 March 2020 France | (aged 87)
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]