Dawoud Rajiha

Dawoud Rajiha
داود راجحة
15th Minister of Defense
In office 8 August 2011 – 18 July 2012
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Adel Safar Riyad Hijab
Deputy	Assef Shawkat
Preceded by	Ali Habib Mahmud
Succeeded by	Fahd Jassem al-Freij
20th Chief of Army Staff
In office 3 June 2009 – 8 August 2011
President	Bashar al-Assad
Minister	Ali Habib Mahmud
Preceded by	Ali Habib Mahmud
Succeeded by	Fahd Jassem al-Freij
Personal details
Born	Dawoud Abdallah Rajiha 1947 Damascus, Syria
Died	18 July 2012(2012-07-18) (aged 64–65) Damascus, Syria
Political party	Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Military service
Allegiance	Syria
Branch/service	Syrian Arab Army
Years of service	1967–2012
Rank	Colonel General
Unit	3rd Armoured Division, Artillery
Battles/wars	Yom Kippur War Islamist uprising in Syria Lebanese Civil War Syrian intervention in the Lebanese Civil War Syrian occupation of Lebanon 1982 Lebanon War Gulf War Syrian Civil War

Dawoud Abdallah Rajiha (Arabic: داود راجحة‎; 1947 – 18 July 2012; forename sometimes transliterated Dawood or Daoud, surname sometimes transliterated Rajha) was a Syrian military officer who was the Minister of Defense from 2011 to July 2012 when he was assassinated along with other senior military officers by armed opposition forces during the country's Civil War. From 2009 to 2011, Rajiha served as chief of staff of the Syrian Army.