Rustum Ghazaleh | |
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رستم غزالة | |
Head of Political Security Directorate | |
In office 25 July 2012 – 24 April 2015 | |
President | Bashar al-Assad |
Prime Minister | Riyad Farid Hijab Wael Nader al-Halqi |
Succeeded by | Nasser Ali |
Head of the Military Intelligence Directorate Branch 227 (Rif Dimashq) | |
In office 2005 – 25 July 2012 | |
President | Bashar al-Assad |
Preceded by | Mohammed Dib Zaitoun |
Head of Military Intelligence in Lebanon[1] | |
In office December 2002 – 30 April 2005 | |
President | Bashar al-Assad |
Preceded by | Ghazi Kanaan |
Succeeded by | Position disestablished |
Personal details | |
Born | Qarfa, Daraa Governorate, Syria | 3 May 1953
Died | 24 April 2015 Damascus, Syria | (aged 61)
Political party | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Syria |
Branch/service | Syrian Arab Army |
Years of service | 1973–2015 |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Unit | 112th Mechanized Brigade Military Intelligence Political Security Directorate |
Commands | Syrian Forces in Lebanon |
Battles/wars | 1982 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.