Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh

Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh
عبد الفتاح قدسية
Deputy Director of National Security Bureau of the Regional Command
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 July 2012
Regional Secretary	Bashar al-Assad
Director of Military Intelligence Directorate
In office 1 July 2009 – 25 July 2012
Preceded by	Assef Shawkat
Succeeded by	Rafiq Shahadah
Director of Air Force Intelligence Directorate
In office 2005 – 1 July 2009
Preceded by	Iz a-Din Isma'il
Succeeded by	Jamil Hassan
Personal details
Born	1953 (age 70–71) Hama, Syria
Political party	Ba'ath Party
Military service
Allegiance	Syria
Branch/service	Syrian Arab Army
Years of service	1973–2012
Rank	Major General
Unit	Special Tasks Regiment
Battles/wars	Yom Kippur War Syrian civil war

Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh (Arabic: عبد الفتاح قدسية; born 1953) is since 2012 the deputy director of the Syrian National Security Bureau and a close adviser to President Bashar al-Assad.^[1]