Prime Minister of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces Acting
In office 18 March 2013 – 14 September 2013
President
Moaz al-Khatib George Sabra (acting) Ahmad al-Jarba
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Ahmad Tu'mah al-Khader
Personal details
Born
1963 (age 60–61) Damascus, Syria
Political party
Independent
Alma mater
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Indiana Wesleyan University
Ghassan Hitto (Arabic: غسان هيتو; born 1963) is a Syrian politician and the first head of an interim government established by the Syrian opposition National Coalition.[1][2] Born in Damascus into a Kurdish family, he left Syria to the U.S. in 1980, became a naturalized American citizen and worked as an information technology executive and lived in Texas until recently. In late 2012, he relocated to Turkey.[3] He was elected prime minister on 18 March 2013 by a narrow margin over former Syrian Arab Republic agricultural minister Assad Mustafa.[4] Hitto resigned on 8 July 2013.[5]
^"Syrian Opposition Elects "Ghassan Hito" as Head of the Interim Government or Al Ma'rada Al –Suriyya Tintikhib "Ghassan Hito" R'iyysan Lilhukuma Al mu'qita" (in Arabic). International Islamic News Agency. 19 March 2013. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^"Syrian opposition elects Hitto as provisional premier". Reuters. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^"Syrian Rebels Pick U.S. Citizen to Lead Interim Government". The New York Times. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
^Cite error: The named reference Barnard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Syria opposition government head Ghassan Hitto resigns". BBC. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
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