Ali Abdullah Ayyoub

General
Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
General Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
علي عبد الله أيوب
	Ayyoub in 2020
Deputy Prime Minister of Syria
	In office; 30 August 2020 – 28 April 2022
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Hussein Arnous
Preceded by	Walid Muallem
17th Minister of Defense
	In office; 1 January 2018 – 28 April 2022
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Imad Khamis; Hussein Arnous
Preceded by	Fahd Jassem al-Freij
Succeeded by	Ali Mahmoud Abbas
Chief of the General Staff of the Army and the Armed Forces
	In office; 18 July 2012 – 1 January 2018
President	Bashar al-Assad
Defense Minister	Fahd Jassem al-Freij
Preceded by	Fahd Jassem al-Freij
Succeeded by	Salim Harba
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Army and the Armed Forces
	In office; Unknown – 18 July 2012
Defense Minister	Dawoud Rajiha
Chief of Staff	Fahd Jassem al-Freij
Succeeded by	Bassam Najm el-Din Antakiali
Member of the Central Committee of the Ba'ath Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 May 2024
Personal details
Born	28 April 1952 (age 72); Latakia, Second Syrian Republic
Political party	Ba'ath Party
Military service
Allegiance	Syria
Branch/service	Syrian Arab Army
Years of service	1972–2022
Rank	Lieutenant general
Unit	14th Engineering Battalion
Commands	Chief of Staff; Deputy Chief of Staff; 5th Armoured Division; 112th Mechanized Brigade
Battles/wars	Yom Kippur War; Islamist uprising in Syria; Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016); Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign; 2014 Latakia offensive; ;

Lieutenant General Ali Abdullah Ayyoub (Arabic: علي عبد الله أيوب, romanized: ʿAlī ʿAbd Allāh Ayyūb; born 28 April 1952 in Latakia)^[1] is a Syrian senior military officer who served as the former Deputy Prime Minister of Syria. He is the former Minister of Defense and was personally appointed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on 1 January 2018.^[2] Ayyoub has a long experience in commanding manoeuvre formations and is also recognized as a specialist in land warfare.

^ "العماد علي عبد الله أيوب". mod.gov.sy (in Arabic). 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Syria's Assad names new defense and other ministers: state TV". Reuters. 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.