Adnan Badr Hassan

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Adnan Badr Hassan
Chief of
Bashar Assad
Preceded byAhmad Sa'id Salih
Succeeded byGhazi Kanaan
Personal details
Born
Adnan Sulaiman Badr Al Hassan

Major General
Commands9th Mechanized Infantry

Adnan Badr Hassan (

Arabic: عدنان بدر حسن) is a retired Syrian major general, politician and the former chief of Syria's political security directorate
.

Background

Hassan hails from Alawite family from Al Mukharram, Homs governorate.[1][2] He received religious education in Homs and attended the Homs Military Academy.[3]

Career

Hassan was a

Arab-Israeli war and was decorated for his performance.[3] During the illness of the Syrian President Hafez Assad in the period between November 1983 and March 1984 Hassan was made one of the members of the secret military commanders committee.[5] One of Hassan's commands was the ninth mechanized infantry of the army in 1985.[2][6] He was appointed head of the political security directorate in 1987,[7] replacing Ahmad Said Salih in the post.[1][8] Hassan was one of Ali Duba's allies during this period.[2] Hassan's term ended in October 2002, and he was replaced by Ghazi Kanaan as head of the political security directorate.[9]

Hassan became a member of the

Hafez Assad.[10][11] Hassan retired from politics in 2005.[12][13]

Activities

Hassan signed the agreement between Syria and

PKK as a terrorist organization.[4] The agreement is known as Adana Agreement.[14] He further involved in the security talks between the countries in 2000.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b "Syria's Intelligence Services: A Primer". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 2 (6). 1 July 2000.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-691-00254-5
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  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-087485-8
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  4. ^ a b "Minutes of the Agreement" (PDF). Syrian Truth. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  5. ^ Ibrahim Hamidi (26 October 2021). "A Once Powerful Patriarch Returns to an Unrecognizable Syria". New Lines. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  6. ISBN 978-0-7914-6343-7
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  7. ISBN 978-0-7397-9140-0
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  8. ^ Andrew Rathmell (1996). "Syria's Intelligence Services: Origins and Development". The Journal of Conflict Studies. 16 (2).
  9. ^ Michael Young (12 October 2002). "The long goodbye". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  10. ISBN 978-965-224-054-5
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  11. ISBN 978-1-84277-213-3
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  12. ^ Sami Moubayed (July 2005). "Syria: Reform or Repair?". Arab Reform Bulletin. 3 (6).
  13. ^ Scott Lasensky; Mona Yacoubian (December 2005). "Syria and political change" (PDF). USIPeace Briefing.
  14. ISBN 978-1-4985-2492-6
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  15. ^ Michael Eisenstadt (21 June 2000). "Who Rules Syria?" (PolicyWatch 472). Policy Analysis. 472.
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