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Hikmat al-Shihabi
Hikmat Shihabi | |
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حكمت الشهابي | |
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| Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
| In office 7 January 1980 – 1 July 1998 | |
| 16th Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army | |
| In office 12 August 1974 – July 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Yusuf Shakkur |
| Succeeded by | Ali Aslan |
| Head of Military Intelligence | |
| In office 1970–1973 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Zaza |
| Succeeded by | Ali Duba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 January 1931 Al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, Syria |
| Died | 5 March 2013 (aged 82) |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Awards | Hero of the Republic |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | .svg){kind=small} Second Syrian Republic (1952–1958; 1961–63) United Arab Republic (1958–1961) Syrian Arab Republic (1963–1998) |
| Branch/service |  Syrian Army |
| Years of service | 1952–1998 |
| Rank |  Colonel General |
| Unit | 10th Armoured Division |
| Commands | 10th Armoured Division |
| Battles/wars | Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Lebanese Civil War Islamist uprising in Syria |
Hikmat al-Shihabi (Arabic: حكمت الشهابي; 8 January 1931 – 5 March 2013) was a Syrian military officer who served as the chief of staff of the Syrian Army from 1974 to 1998.[1] A Sunni Muslim, he was considered one of the few non-Alawite members of the inner circle of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad.[2]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Faurewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Drysdale, Alasdair (1991). Syria and the Middle East peace process. Raymond A. Hinnebusch. New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-87609-105-2. OCLC 24068106.
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