Mahmoud al-Ayyubi ( ar, محمود الأيوبي, Maḥmūd al-Ayyūbī; 1932 – October 11, 2013) was a Syrian-Kurdish politician born to a prominent political family in

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Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

Career

He served as

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, ...

and Minister of Education from 1970 to 1971 in the

Hafez al-Assad Government The Hafez al-Assad Government ruled Syria from 1970 to 1971. The Cabinet of Syria lead by then-Prime Minister Hafez al-Assad. This government was the 55th since Syria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and was the first during ...

. Al-Ayyubi 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 21 December 1972 to 7 August 1976 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 197 ...

. He also served as

Vice President of Syria The Vice President of Syria ( ar, نائب رئيس سوريا) is a political position in Syria. The Constitution states that in the case of the president's temporary disablement, the vice president may become acting president. Multiple people ...

from February 1971 to August 1976 ,Vice-President of the National Progressive Front, Minister of Education, member of the National Command of the

Baath Party The Arab Socialist Baʿath Party ( ar, حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي ' ) was a political party founded in Syria by Mishel ʿAflaq, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Bītār, and associates of Zaki al-ʾArsūzī. The party espoused B ...

, and member of the National Command until his death in October

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References

1932 births 2013 deaths People from Damascus Vice presidents of Syria Prime Ministers of Syria Syrian Kurdish politicians Syrian Kurdish people Members of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region Ba'athist rulers Al-Ayoubi family {{Syria-politician-stub Syrian ministers of education