Abdullah Al-Ahmar (Arabic: عبدالله الأحمر; born 6 June 1936)[1] is a Syrian politician and prominent member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.
Abdullah al-Ahmar عبدالله الأحمر | |
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 Ahmar during an official visit to Romania in 1978 | |
| Assistant Secretary General of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | |
| In office 17 November 1971 – 26 October 2018 | |
| President | Hafez al-Assad Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Hafez al-Assad |
| Succeeded by | Hilal Hilal |
| Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
| In office 13 November 1970 – 9 February 2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 June 1936 Al-Tall, French Mandate |
| Political party | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (1954–1966) Syria-based Ba'ath Party (Syrian branch: (1966–present) |
| Other political affiliations | National Progressive Front: (1972–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Damascus |
Biography
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Born at Al-Tall, al-Ahmar joined the Ba'ath Party in the 1950s and graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Damascus in 1964. Soon after, he was appointed as a governor of Hama (1967–1969) then Idlib (1969–1970). In 1970, the regional Ba'ath conference elected him to the Syrian Regional Command together with Hafez Al-Assad after an internal coup in the party that expelled Salah Jadid's faction from power. A few months later, Assad's faction held a meeting and appointed a new National Command that elected Assad as a general secretary and Ahmar his deputy. This National Command is competing with another one that was based in Iraq on being the sole legitimate National Command.
In 1980, Ahmar was re-elected with Assad into the same positions they held since 1971. Since the death of Assad in 2000, Ahmar is the highest ranked Ba'ath member in Syria, while Bashar Al-Assad is the general-secretary of the Syrian Regional Command.
On 25 July 2013, Abdullah al-Ahmar was the head of a Ba'ath Party delegation visiting North Korea.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Comrade Abdullah Alahmar Assistant Secretary General of the Baath Arab Socialist Party". 3 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Democratic Korean President stresses absolute solidarity with Syria". Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
Sources
edit- Abdullah Al-Ahmar(in Arabic).
- TV Interview on YouTube (in Arabic)
- Second Baath party figure arrested in Syria, archive.today. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
