Abdul Rauf al-Kasm ( ar, عبد الرؤوف الكسم, ʿAbd ar-Raʾūf al-Kasm) (born 1932) is a Syrian

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, academic and politician who served as prime minister of Syria during the 1980s.

Early life

Kasm was born in

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in 1932. Abdul Rauf was the second son of , a Damascene scholar and mufti from 1918 until his death in 1938.

Career

Kasm was professor of

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

Damascus University The University of Damascus ( ar, جَامِعَةُ دِمَشْقَ, ''Jāmi‘atu Dimashq'') is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus and has campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 through ...

. He was a member of the Baath Party. He served as

Prime Minister of Syria The prime minister of Syria (Arabic: رئيس وزراء سوريا), formally titled the president of the Council of Ministers ( ar, رئيس مجلس الوزراء), is the head of government of the Syrian Arab Republic. Nomination The prime ...

from 9 January 1980 to 1 November 1987 under the presidency of

Hafez Al-Asad Hafez al-Assad ', , (, 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman and military officer who served as President of Syria from taking power in 1971 until his death in 2000. He was also Prime Minister of Syria from 1970 to ...

. Enjoying full support of president Assad, Kasm tried to end corruption by senior officers. However, his clash with then defense minister

Mustafa Tlass Mustafa Abdul Qadir Tlass ( ar, مُصْطَفَى عَبْد الْقَادِر طَلَاس, Musṭafā ʿAbd al-Qādir Ṭalās; 11 May 1932 – 27 June 2017) was a Syrian senior military officer and politician who was Syria's minister of defe ...

led to his removal from office in 1987. After leaving office, he served as a senior consultant for national security.

References

1932 births Living people Prime Ministers of Syria Members of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region Damascus University faculty Syrian architects Ba'athist rulers {{Syria-politician-stub