Ahmad Saleh Tu'mah al-Khader (also spelled ''Tumeh'', ''Touma'' and ''Tohme'', ar, أحمد طعمة; born 1965, in

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) is a Syrian politician who was elected as

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of the

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created by the

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. Tu'mah, a self-proclaimed moderate Islamist, won with 75 out of the 97 votes on a meeting held by the National Coalition in

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and, as was with his predecessor

Ghassan Hitto Ghassan Hitto ( ar, غسان هيتو; born 1963) is a Syrian politician and the first head of an interim government established by the Syrian opposition National Coalition. Born in Damascus into a Kurdish family, he left Syria to the U.S. in 19 ...

, has been tasked to create a government with 13 ministers to govern the zones in Syria currently under the control of the

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forces. In a statement against the local

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autonomy movement, Tu'mah said: "This movement is the mere product of the Democratic Union Party, and as soon as we topple the Assad regime we will end its short existence." The interim government was dissolved on 22 July 2014. He was reelected on 14 October 2014 after several days of debate, and getting 63 votes out of 65 cast, although the coalition has 109 members with right to vote.

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, - 1965 births Anti-government politicians of the Syrian civil war Living people National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces members People from Deir ez-Zor {{Syria-politician-stub