Hasan Turkmani
Lieutenant general Hasan Turkmani | |
|---|---|
حسن توركماني | |
| Deputy Vice President for Military Affairs | |
| In office 3 June 2009 – 18 July 2012 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Muhammad Naji al-Otari Adel Safar Riyad Farid Hijab |
| 13th Minister of Defense | |
| In office 12 May 2004 – 3 June 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Mustafa Tlass |
| Succeeded by | Ali Habib Mahmud |
| 18th Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army | |
| In office 23 January 2002 – 12 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Aslan |
| Succeeded by | Ali Habib Mahmud |
| Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
| In office 9 June 2005 – 18 July 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1935 Aleppo, French Mandate of Syria |
| Died | 18 July 2012 (aged 77) Damascus, Syria |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Second Syrian Republic (1955–1958) United Arab Republic (1958–1961) Second Syrian Republic (1961–63) Ba'athist Syria (1963–2012) |
| Branch/service | Syrian Army |
| Years of service | 1955–2012 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars | |
Hasan Ali Turkmani (Arabic: حسن توركماني; 27 January 1935 – 18 July 2012) was a Syrian military officer and politician who served as Syria's Minister of Defense from 2004 to 2009.
He was among four top Syrian government officials killed in a bombing in Damascus on 18 July 2012.