Abdul Rahman Khleifawi ( ar, عبد الرحمن خليفاوي, ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān Khulayfāwiyy; 1930 – 15 March 2009) was a Syrian military officer and politician. He was Prime Minister of Syria from 1971 succeeding

Hafez al-Assad 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 1 ...

who just promoted to the post of

President of Syria The president of Syria, officially the president of the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic: رئيس سوريا) is the head of state of the Syrian Arab Republic. They are vested with sweeping powers that may be delegated, at their sole discretion, to ...

to 1972 for 1 year and again from 1976 to 1978 for about 2 years, he served as Prime Minister for two separate terms together under President

Early life

Khleifawi was born in 1930. He was of

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n descent, originally from Draâ Ben Khedda.

Career

Khleifawi was an army general. He served twice 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 ...

. He was firstly in office from 3 April 1971 to 21 December 1972, being the first prime minister under the presidency of

. Khleifawi served as prime minister again from 7 August 1976 to 27 March 1978. He also served as a minister of interior between 1970 and 1971 under President

Ahmad al-Khatib Ahmad Hasan al-Khatib ( ar, أحمد حسن الخطيب; 1933–1982) was a Syrian politician. He was a ceremonial head of state of Syria, appointed by Hafez al-Assad to replace the ousted president Nureddin al-Atassi. Ahmad al-Khatib was a civ ...

and Prime Minister

References

1930 births 2009 deaths Prime Ministers of Syria Members of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region Ba'athist rulers Syrian ministers of interior Place of birth missing Syrian people of Algerian descent {{Syria-politician-stub