Muhammad Ali al-Halabi
{{short description|Prime minister of Syria (1978–1980)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Muhammad Ali al-Halabi
| native_name = {{nobold|محمد علي الحلبي}}
| native_name_lang = ar
| image = Mohammad Ali Halabi.png
| order = Prime Minister of Syria
| president = Hafez al-Assad
| term_start = 27 March 1978
| term_end = 9 January 1980
| predecessor = Abdul Rahman Khleifawi
| successor = Abdul Rauf al-Kasm
| office1 = Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria
| term_start1 = 27 June 1973
| term_end1 = 9 March 1978
| predecessor1 = Fahmi al-Yusufi
| successor1 = Mahmoud Hadid
| office2 = Damascus Governor
| term_start2 = 1969
| term_end2 = 1971
| predecessor2 = Mohamed Sioufi
| successor2 = Muhammad Yassin al-Osta
| office3 = Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
| term_start3 = 13 November 1970
| term_end3 = 7 January 1980
| birth_date = {{birth year|1937}}
| birth_place = Damascus, First Syrian Republic
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|9|19|1937|df=y}}
| death_place = Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
| spouse = Lamis Mourad
| party = Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
| otherparty = National Progressive Front
}}
Muhammad Ali al-Halabi ({{langx|ar|محمد علي الحلبي|Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥalabī}};{{lrm}} 1937 – 19 September 2016) was a Syrian politician.
Biography
After finishing his training at the National Teacher Training Institute, Muhammed studied Philosophy at the University of Damascus. In 1955 he became a teacher on the Golan and from 1959 to 1964 he was employed as a teacher in Kuwait. From 9 June 1973 to 27 March 1978 he was chairman and spokesman for the National Council. He served as Prime Minister of Syria from March 27, 1978 to January 9, 1980 under the presidency of Hafez al-Assad. al-Halabi was an ambassador in Moscow from 1982 to 1990, during which Hafez al-Assad and Leonid Brezhnev made an agreement, to install the Soviet S-75 in al-Dumayr and Shinshar.California Institute of International Studies, [https://books.google.com/books?id=iBRnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Shimsher+syria%22 World Affairs Report]
Political career
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" |Political offices |
| rowspan="1" |Preceded by
| rowspan="1" |Damascus Governor 1969–1971 | rowspan="1" |Succeeded by |
| rowspan="1" |Preceded by
| rowspan="1" |Speaker of Parliament of Syria 1973–1978 | rowspan="1" |Succeeded by |
| rowspan="1" |Preceded by
| rowspan="1" |Prime Minister of Syria 1978–1980 | rowspan="1" |Succeeded by |
| rowspan="1" |Preceded by
| rowspan="1" |Ambassador of Syria to the Soviet Union 1982–1990 | rowspan="1" |Succeeded by |
References
External links
- [http://www.syrianhistory.com/en/photos?tag=Mohammad+Ali+al-Halabi More photos of Muhammad Ali al-Halabi]
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Category:Prime ministers of Syria
Category:Speakers of the People's Assembly of Syria
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