Mustafa Tlass

Mustafa Abdul Qadir Tlass (Arabic: مصطفى عبد القادر طلاس, romanized: Musṭafā ʿAbd al-Qādir Ṭalās; 11 May 1932 – 27 June 2017) was a Syrian military officer, author, historian and politician. He served as the Minister of Defense from 1972 to 2004 under Ba'athist-led Syria. He was part of the four-member Regional Command during the Hafez al-Assad era.