Abdul Rauf al-Kasm
{{Short description|Prime minister of Syria (1980–1987)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Rauf al-Kasm
| image = Abdul Rauf al-Kasm 1981.png
| imagesize =
| order = Prime Minister of Syria
| president = Hafez al-Assad
| deputy =
| term_start = 9 January 1980
| term_end = 1 November 1987
| predecessor = Muhammad Ali al-Halabi
| successor = Mahmoud Zuabi
| order2 = Governor of Damascus
| president2 = Hafez al-Assad
| deputy2 =
| term_start2 = 1979
| term_end2 = 1980
| predecessor2 = Farouk al-Hamwi
| successor2 = Mohamed Sioufi
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1932}}
| birth_place = Damascus, Syria
| spouse =
| party = Ba'ath Party
| otherparty = National Progressive Front
| native_name = {{nobold|عبد الرؤوف الكسم}}
| native_name_lang = ar
| caption = Kasm in 1981
}}
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm ({{langx|ar|عبد الرؤوف الكسم|ʿAbd ar-Raʾūf al-Kasm}}) (born 1932) is a Syrian architect, academic and politician who served as prime minister of Syria during the 1980s.
Early life
Kasm was born in Damascus in a Sunni family in 1932.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Syria.html|title=Syria|access-date=1 January 2011|publisher=World Statesmen|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217235403/http://worldstatesmen.org/Syria.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite book |last=Baron |first=Xavier |title=Histoire de la Syrie: de 1918 à nos jours |date=2025 |publisher=Éditions Tallandier |isbn=979-10-210-6455-3 |edition=Éd. actualisée |series=Texto |location=Paris |pages=201}} Abdul Rauf was the second son of Muhammad Atallah al-Kasm, a Damascene scholar and mufti from 1918 until his death in 1938.
Career
Kasm was professor of architecture at Damascus University. He was a member of the Baath Party.{{cite book |author=Ray Hinnesbusch |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r30nmQEACAAJ |title=Syria: Revolution from Above |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-415-28568-1 |page=79}} He served as Prime Minister of Syria from 9 January 1980 to 1 November 1987 under the presidency of Hafez al-Assad. Enjoying full support of president Assad, Kasm tried to end corruption by senior officers. However, his clash with then defense minister Mustafa Tlass led to his removal from office in 1987. After leaving office, he served as a senior consultant for national security.
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Category:University of Geneva alumni
Category:Prime ministers of Syria
Category:Members of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
Category:Academic staff of Damascus University
Category:Governors of Damascus
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