Hisham Ikhtiyar

Hisham Ikhtiyar
هشام اختيار
Director of the National Security Bureau of the Regional Command
In office 9 June 2005 – 18 July 2012
Regional Secretary	Bashar al-Assad
Preceded by	Mohammed Saeed Bekheitan
Succeeded by	Ali Mamlouk
Director of the General Intelligence Directorate
In office December 2001 – 9 June 2005
President	Bashar al-Assad
Preceded by	Ali Hammoud
Succeeded by	Ali Mamlouk
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office 9 June 2005 – 18 July 2012
Personal details
Born	1941 Damascus, Syria
Died	20 July 2012 (aged 70–71) Damascus, Syria
Military service
Allegiance	Syria
Branch/service	Syrian Armed Forces
Rank	Major General
Commands	General Security Directorate (2001–2005) National Security Bureau (2005–2012)

Major General Hisham Ikhtiyar (Arabic: هشام اختيار); 1941 – 20 July 2012) (family name also transliterated as Ikhtiar, Bakhtiar, Bekhityar, Bekhtyar and other variants) was a Syrian military official, and a national security adviser to president Bashar al-Assad.^[1]