Hasan Turkmani

Hasan Turkmani
حسن توركماني
Bashar al-Assad (centre) alongside Syrian Defence Minister General Mustafa Tlass (right) and Military Chief of Staff Hasan Turkmani (left).
Deputy Vice President for Military Affairs
In office 3 June 2009 – 18 July 2012
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Muhammad Naji al-Otari Adel Safar Riyad Farid Hijab
13th Minister of Defense
In office 12 May 2004 – 3 June 2009
Preceded by	Mustafa Tlass
Succeeded by	Ali Habib Mahmud
18th Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army
In office 23 January 2002 – 12 May 2004
Preceded by	Ali Aslan
Succeeded by	Ali Habib Mahmud
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office 9 June 2005 – 18 July 2012
Personal details
Born	1 January 1935 Aleppo, French Mandate of Syria
Died	18 July 2012 (aged 77) Damascus, Syria
Political party	Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Military service
Allegiance	Syria
Branch/service	Syrian Armed Forces
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Yom Kippur War Syrian Civil War

Hasan Ali Turkmani (Arabic: حسن توركماني; 27 January 1935 – 18 July 2012) was a prominent Syrian military commander and Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party member. He served as the Minister of Defense in Syria from 2004 to 2009.^[1]

He and three other top Syrian government officials were killed on 18 July 2012 in Damascus during a bomb attack.