Said Mohammad Sammour
{{Short description|Syrian politician (born 1950)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| native_name = {{Script/Arabic|سعيد محمد سمور}}
| native_name_lang = ar
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| order =
| office = Minister of Interior
| primeminister = Muhammad Naji al-Otari
| president = Bashar al-Assad
| term_start = 23 April 2009
| term_end = 29 March 2011
| predecessor = Bassam Abdel Majid
| successor = Mohammad al-Shaar
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950}}
| birth_place = Jableh
| death_date =
| death_place =
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| party = Ba'ath Party
| rank = 30px Major general
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| alma_mater =
| office2 = Deputy Director of Military Intelligence
| termstart2 = 2005
| termend2 = 2009
}}
Said Mohammad Sammour ({{langx|ar|سعيد محمد سمور}}) (born 1950) is a Syrian military officer and politician who served as interior minister between 2009 and 2011.
Early life and education
Sammour was born in Jableh in 1950.{{cite web|title=President Assad's Cabinet Reshuffle|url=http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=09DAMASCUS309|publisher=Wikileaks|access-date=24 February 2013|date=29 April 2009|archive-date=6 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606221239/http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=09DAMASCUS309|url-status=dead}} He received a bachelor of arts degree in English literature.{{cite news|title=President Bashar Al Assad Issues a Number of Legislative Decrees|access-date=24 February 2013
|url=http://sana.sy/eng/21/2009/04/23/pr-223056.htm|agency=SANA|date=23 April 2009|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328221826/http://sana.sy/eng/21/2009/04/23/pr-223056.htm|archive-date=28 March 2012}} He also holds a diploma in aeronautical science.
Career
Sammour is a former major general. He was the chief of Syrian military intelligence in Homs. He also served in the same post in charge with the Damascus Region.{{cite news|title=Ministerial Reshuffle Disappoints|url=http://iwpr.net/report-news/ministerial-reshuffle-disappoints|access-date=24 February 2013|work=IWPR|date=1 May 2009}} Then he was appointed deputy chief of the military intelligence in 2005,{{cite journal
|author=Shmuel Bar|title=Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview|journal=IPS|year=2006
|url=http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_Uploads/2590Bashars.pdf}} and served in the post until 2009.{{cite book|author=Robert G. Rabil|title=Syria, The United States, and the War on Terror in the Middle East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M18Jj0bMMl0C&pg=PA193|year=2006|publisher=Praeger|isbn=978-0-275-99015-2|page=193}}
On 23 April 2009, Sammour was appointed interior minister to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Mohammad Naji al-Otari, replacing Bassam Abdel Majid in the post.{{cite news|title=Syria's ministerial reshuffle 'disappointing'|url=http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=31887|access-date=24 February 2013|newspaper=Middle East Online|date=5 May 2009}}{{cite web|title=Syrian Cabinet Reshuffle|url=http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2009/04/24/syrian-cabinet-reshuffle/6ht4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003531/http://carnegieendowment.org/2009/04/24/syrian-cabinet-reshuffle/6ht4|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|work=Carnegie Endowment|access-date=24 February 2013|date=24 April 2009}}{{cite news|title=Syrian president reshuffles cabinet with five new ministers|access-date=25 February 2013
|url=http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/6644083.html|newspaper=People's Daily|date=24 April 2009}} In April 2011, Sammour was replaced by Mohammad al-Shaar as interior minister.{{cite news|title=Syrian president reshuffles cabinet|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-04/15/c_13829531.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208221911/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-04/15/c_13829531.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2015|access-date=24 February 2013|agency=Xinhua News Agency|date=15 April 2011}}{{cite news|title=Syrian president reshuffles cabinet|date=15 April 2011
|url=http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/7351617.html|access-date=8 March 2013|newspaper=People's Daily}}
Personal life
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{{s-bef|before=Bassam Abdel Majid}}
{{s-ttl|title=Interior Minister|years=2009 – 2011}}
{{s-aft|after=Mohammad Al Shaar}}
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Category:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region politicians