Abdul Halim Khaddam ( AHB-dəl hə-LEEM kə-DAM; Arabic: عبد الحليم خدام; born 15 September 1932) is a Syrian politician who was Vice President of Syria and "High Commissioner" to Lebanon from 1984 to 2005. He was long known as a loyalist of Hafez Assad, and held the strongest Sunni position within the Syrian government until he resigned his positions and left the country in 2005 in protest against certain policies of Hafez's son and successor, Bashar Assad.
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15 September 1932 Baniyas
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Died |
31 March 2020 (aged 87)
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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