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Abdul Halim Khaddam (About this sound pronunction AHB-dl hah-LEEM kah-DAM (Arabic: عبد الحليم خدام‎; born 15 September 1932) is a Syrian politician who was Vice President of Syria from 1984 to 2005. He was one of the few Sunni Muslims to make it to the top of the Alawite-dominated Syrian leadership.

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active years end date
2000-07-17, 2005-06-06, 2005-06-09
active years start date
1970-11-13, 2000-06-10
birth date
1932-09-15
birth place
Baniyas
LCCN Id
nr/2004/17634
office
Interim President of Syria, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
order in office
Vice President of Syria
party
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region, National Salvation Front in Syria
president
Hafez al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad
religion
Islam
successor
Farouk al-Sharaa, Bashar al-Assad

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