Muhammad Ali al-Halabi

{{short description|Prime minister of Syria (1978–1980)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Muhammad Ali al-Halabi | native_name = {{nobold|محمد علي الحلبي}} | native_name_lang = ar | image = Mohammad Ali Halabi.png | order = [[Prime Minister of Syria]] | president = [[Hafez al-Assad]] | term_start = 27 March 1978 | term_end = 9 January 1980 | predecessor = [[Abdul Rahman Khleifawi]] | successor = [[Abdul Rauf al-Kasm]] | office1 = [[Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria]] | term_start1 = 27 June 1973 | term_end1 = 9 March 1978 | predecessor1 = [[Fahmi al-Yusufi]] | successor1 = [[Mahmoud Hadid]] | office2 = [[List of governors of Damascus|Damascus Governor]] | term_start2 = 1969 | term_end2 = 1971 | predecessor2 = [[Mohamed Sioufi]] | successor2 = [[Muhammad Yassin al-Osta]] | office3 = Member of the [[Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Regional Command]] of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Syrian Regional Branch]] | term_start3 = 13 November 1970 | term_end3 = 7 January 1980 | birth_date = {{birth date text|1937}} | birth_place = [[Damascus]], [[First Syrian Republic]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|9|19|1937|df=y}} | death_place = [[Damascus]], [[Ba'athist Syria|Syrian Arab Republic]] | spouse = Lamis Mourad | party = [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Syrian Regional Branch]] of the [[Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] | other_party = [[National Progressive Front (Syria)|National Progressive Front]] }}

'''Muhammad Ali al-Halabi''' ({{langx|ar|محمد علي الحلبي|Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥalabī}};{{lrm}} 1937 – 19 September 2016) was a [[Syria]]n politician.

==Biography== After finishing his training at the National Teacher Training Institute, Muhammed studied Philosophy at the [[Damascus University|University of Damascus]]. In 1955 he became a teacher on the Golan and from 1959 to 1964 he was employed as a teacher in Kuwait. From 9 June 1973 to 27 March 1978 he was chairman and spokesman for the National Council. He served as [[List of Prime Ministers of Syria|Prime Minister of Syria]] from March 27, 1978 to January 9, 1980 under the presidency of [[Hafez al-Assad]]. al-Halabi was an ambassador in Moscow from 1982 to 1990, during which [[Hafez al-Assad]] and [[Leonid Brezhnev]] made an agreement, to install the Soviet [[S-75 Dvina|S-75]] in [[al-Dumayr]] and [[Shinshar]].<ref>California Institute of International Studies, [https://books.google.com/books?id=iBRnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Shimsher+syria%22 World Affairs Report]</ref>

==Political career== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="3" |Political offices |- | rowspan="1" |Preceded by [[Mohamed Sioufi]] | rowspan="1" |'''[[List of governors of Damascus|Damascus Governor]]''' 1969–1971 | rowspan="1" |Succeeded by [[Muhammad Yassin al-Osta]] |- | rowspan="1" |Preceded by [[Fahmi al-Yusufi]] | rowspan="1" |'''[[List of Speakers of the Parliament of Syria|Speaker of Parliament of Syria]]''' 1973–1978 | rowspan="1" |Succeeded by [[Mahmoud Hadid]] |- | rowspan="1" |Preceded by [[Abdul Rahman Khleifawi]] | rowspan="1" |'''[[Prime Minister of Syria]]''' 1978–1980 | rowspan="1" |Succeeded by [[Abdul Rauf al-Kasm]] |- | rowspan="1" |Preceded by [[Jabr al-Kafri]] | rowspan="1" |'''[[Ambassador of Syria to the Soviet Union]]''' 1982–1990 | rowspan="1" |Succeeded by [[Issam al-Naeb]] |}

==References== <references />

==External links== * [http://www.syrianhistory.com/en/photos?tag=Mohammad+Ali+al-Halabi More photos of Muhammad Ali al-Halabi]

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