Ali Aslan

Ali Aslan
علي أصلان‎
Aslan in 2000
Chief of the General Staff of the Syrian Army
In office 1998–2002
President	Hafez al-Assad Bashar al-Assad
Preceded by	Hikmat al-Shihabi
Succeeded by	Hasan Turkmani
Military Advisor to the Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic
In office 2003–2023
President	Bashar al-Assad
Succeeded by	Ali Mamlouk
Personal details
Born	1932 (age 91–92) Latakia, Syrian Republic
Political party	Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Spouse	Almaza Kamel Hassan (d. 2024)[1]
Military service
Allegiance	Syria
Branch/service	Syrian Arab Army
Years of service	1956–2002
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	8th Infantry Brigade 1st Infantry Division 5th Mechanized Division 2nd Corps
Battles/wars	Yom Kippur War Islamic uprising in Syria Syrian occupation of Lebanon 1982 Lebanon War Syrian civil war

Ali Aslan (Arabic: علي أصلان; born 1932) is a former Chief of the General Staff of Syria, a member of the Central Committee of the Ba'ath Party and a close confidant of the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad.^[2] Aslan was not only considered to be powerful member of the late Hafez Assad's inner circle, but he was also regarded by outside observers as having significantly improved Syrian military readiness while operating under severe financial constraints.^[3]