Rustum Ghazaleh

Rustum Ghazaleh
رستم غزالة
Head of Political Security Directorate
In office
25 July 2012 – 24 April 2015
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterRiyad Farid Hijab
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Succeeded byNasser Ali
Head of the Military Intelligence Directorate Branch 227 (Rif Dimashq)
In office
2005 – 25 July 2012
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Preceded byMohammed Dib Zaitoun
Head of Military Intelligence in Lebanon[1]
In office
December 2002 – 30 April 2005
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Preceded byGhazi Kanaan
Succeeded byPosition disestablished
Personal details
Born(1953-05-03)3 May 1953
Qarfa, Daraa Governorate, Syria
Died24 April 2015(2015-04-24) (aged 61)
Damascus, Syria
Political partySyrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Military service
Allegiance Syria
Branch/serviceSyrian Arab Army
Years of service1973–2015
Rank Lieutenant general
Unit112th Mechanized Brigade
Military Intelligence
Political Security Directorate
CommandsSyrian Forces in Lebanon
Battles/wars1982 Lebanon War
Syrian civil war

Rustum Ghazaleh (Arabic: رستم غزالة) also transl. from Arabic as Rostom Ghazale, Rustom Ghazalah, Rustom Ghazali; (3 May 1953 – 24 April 2015) was a Syrian military and intelligence officer.

  1. ^ Nassif, Daniel (January 2000). "Major General Ghazi Kanaan". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 2 (1). Retrieved 7 July 2012.

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