Lieutenant General Ali Abdullah Ayyoub (Arabic: علي عبد الله أيوب, romanized: ʿAlī ʿAbd Allāh Ayyūb) (born 28 April 1952 in Latakia)[1] is a Syrian senior military officer who serves as the current Deputy Prime Minister of Syria. He was the former Minister of Defense and was personally appointed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on 1 January 2018.[2]
Ali Abdullah Ayyoub | |
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علي عبد الله أيوب | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Syria | |
Assumed office 30 August 2020 | |
President | Bashar al-Assad |
Prime Minister | Hussein Arnous |
13th Minister of Defense | |
In office 1 January 2018 – 28 April 2022 | |
President | Bashar al-Assad |
Prime Minister | Imad Khamis Hussein Arnous |
Preceded by | Fahd Jassem al-Freij |
Succeeded by | Ali Mahmoud Abbas |
Chief of the General Staff of the Army and the Armed Forces | |
In office 18 July 2012 – 1 January 2018 | |
President | Bashar al-Assad |
Defense Minister | Fahd Jassem al-Freij |
Preceded by | Fahd Jassem al-Freij |
Succeeded by | Salim Harba |
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Army and the Armed Forces | |
In office Unknown – 18 July 2012 | |
Defense Minister | Dawoud Rajiha |
Chief of Staff | Fahd Jassem al-Freij |
Succeeded by | Bassam Najm el-Din Antakiali |
Personal details | |
Born | Latakia, Second Syrian Republic | 28 April 1952
Political party | Ba'ath Party |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Syria |
Branch/service | Syrian Arab Army |
Years of service | 1972–present |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Unit | 14th Engineering Battalion |
Commands | Chief of Staff Deputy Chief of Staff 5th Armoured Division 112th Mechanized Brigade |
Battles/wars | |
Ayyoub has a long experience in commanding manoeuvre formations and is also recognized as a specialist in land warfare.
Military Education[3]
In October 2023, French prosecutors at the Judicial Court of Paris charged Ali Ayyoub and his predecessor Fahd Al-Freij for their culpability in a barrel bomb in southwestern Syrian city of Daraa that killed French-Syrian national Salah Abou Nabout at his home in 2017.[4]