Ali Habib Mahmud

Ali Habib Mahmud
علي حبيب محمود
Mahmud in 1990
14th Minister of Defense
In office 3 June 2009 – 8 August 2011
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Mohammad Najji Outri Adel Safar
Preceded by	Hasan Turkmani
Succeeded by	Dawoud Rajiha
19th Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army
In office 12 May 2004 – 3 June 2009
President	Bashar al-Assad
Preceded by	Hasan Turkmani
Succeeded by	Dawoud Rajiha
Personal details
Born	(1939-01-01)1 January 1939 Tartus, First Syrian Republic
Died	20 March 2020(2020-03-20) (aged 81) Damascus, Syria
Political party	Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Military service
Allegiance	Syria
Branch/service	Syrian Army
Years of service	1959–2011
Rank	Colonel General
Commands	1st Armoured Division 7th Mechanized Division
Battles/wars	Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Battle of Sultan Yacoub Gulf War

Ali Habib Mahmud (Arabic: علي حبيب محمود‎; 1 January 1939 – 20 March 2020) was a Syrian military officer who served as Syria's minister of defense from June 2009 to August 2011. As one of Syria's most celebrated generals,^[1] he was part of President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle.^[2]