Bashar al-Assad (centre) alongside Syrian Defence Minister General Mustafa Tlass (right) and Military Chief of Staff Hasan Turkmani (left).
Deputy Vice President for Military Affairs
In office 3 June 2009 – 18 July 2012
President
Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister
Muhammad Naji al-Otari Adel Safar Riyad Farid Hijab
13th Minister of Defense
In office 12 May 2004 – 3 June 2009
Preceded by
Mustafa Tlass
Succeeded by
Ali Habib Mahmud
18th Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army
In office 23 January 2002 – 12 May 2004
Preceded by
Ali Aslan
Succeeded by
Ali Habib Mahmud
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office 9 June 2005 – 18 July 2012
Personal details
Born
1 January 1935 Aleppo, French Mandate of Syria
Died
18 July 2012 (aged 77) Damascus, Syria
Political party
Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Military service
Allegiance
Syria
Branch/service
Syrian Armed Forces
Rank
Lieutenant General
Battles/wars
Yom Kippur War Syrian Civil War
Hasan Ali Turkmani (Arabic: حسن توركماني; 27 January 1935 – 18 July 2012) was a prominent Syrian military commander and Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party member. He served as the Minister of Defense in Syria from 2004 to 2009.[1]
He and three other top Syrian government officials were killed on 18 July 2012 in Damascus during a bomb attack.
^Bar, Shmuel (2006). "Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview" (PDF). Comparative Strategy. 25 (5): 436. doi:10.1080/01495930601105412. S2CID 154739379. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
Hasan Ali Turkmani (Arabic: حسن توركماني; 27 January 1935 – 18 July 2012) was a prominent Syrian military commander and Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party member...
Turkmani is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abu Muslim al-Turkmani (died 2015), Iraqi terrorist HasanTurkmani (1935–2012), Syrian...
to step down in July 2002. However, in 2004, Tlass was replaced by HasanTurkmani as defense minister. It is also argued that Shawkat pushed for the removal...
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2012 the Syrian Defense Minister Dawoud Rajha, former defense minister HasanTurkmani and the president's brother-in-law Gen. Assef Shawkat were killed in...
Sabbagh Farouk al-Sharaa Hikmat al-Shihabi Hammud al-Shufi Mustafa Tlass HasanTurkmani Muhammad Umran Salim Yasin Yusuf Zuayyin Yemen Ali Ahmad Nasser al-Dhahab...
Sabbagh Farouk al-Sharaa Hikmat al-Shihabi Hammud al-Shufi Mustafa Tlass HasanTurkmani Muhammad Umran Salim Yasin Yusuf Zuayyin Yemen Ali Ahmad Nasser al-Dhahab...
Sabbagh Farouk al-Sharaa Hikmat al-Shihabi Hammud al-Shufi Mustafa Tlass HasanTurkmani Muhammad Umran Salim Yasin Yusuf Zuayyin Yemen Ali Ahmad Nasser al-Dhahab...
general staff of the Syrian army and the armed forces. He replaced HasanTurkmani, who was appointed defense minister. In addition, Mahmud was a member...
Sabbagh Farouk al-Sharaa Hikmat al-Shihabi Hammud al-Shufi Mustafa Tlass HasanTurkmani Muhammad Umran Salim Yasin Yusuf Zuayyin Yemen Ali Ahmad Nasser al-Dhahab...
Sabbagh Farouk al-Sharaa Hikmat al-Shihabi Hammud al-Shufi Mustafa Tlass HasanTurkmani Muhammad Umran Salim Yasin Yusuf Zuayyin Yemen Ali Ahmad Nasser al-Dhahab...
Sabbagh Farouk al-Sharaa Hikmat al-Shihabi Hammud al-Shufi Mustafa Tlass HasanTurkmani Muhammad Umran Salim Yasin Yusuf Zuayyin Yemen Ali Ahmad Nasser al-Dhahab...
Sabbagh Farouk al-Sharaa Hikmat al-Shihabi Hammud al-Shufi Mustafa Tlass HasanTurkmani Muhammad Umran Salim Yasin Yusuf Zuayyin Yemen Ali Ahmad Nasser al-Dhahab...
propaganda. Members of the unit, including former minister of defense HasanTurkmani, were shown on Syrian television to be alive, and the rebels later stated...
Sabbagh Farouk al-Sharaa Hikmat al-Shihabi Hammud al-Shufi Mustafa Tlass HasanTurkmani Muhammad Umran Salim Yasin Yusuf Zuayyin Yemen Ali Ahmad Nasser al-Dhahab...
Sabbagh Farouk al-Sharaa Hikmat al-Shihabi Hammud al-Shufi Mustafa Tlass HasanTurkmani Muhammad Umran Salim Yasin Yusuf Zuayyin Yemen Ali Ahmad Nasser al-Dhahab...
Majed Gebran Tueini Michel Aoun Bashar al-Assad Muhammad Naji al-Otari HasanTurkmani Ali Habib Mahmud Omar Karami Hassan Nasrallah Mohammad Raad Gebran Araiji...
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Lieutenant General