Adnan Badr Hassan
Adnan Badr Hassan | |
|---|---|
| Chief of Political Security Directorate | |
| In office 1987 – October 2002 | |
| President | Hafez Assad Bashar Assad |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Sa'id Salih |
| Succeeded by | Ghazi Kanaan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Adnan Sulaiman Badr Al Hassan Al-Mukharram, Syria |
| Political party | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
| Alma mater | Homs Military Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Army of Syria |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Commands | 9th Mechanized Infantry |
Adnan Badr Hassan (Arabic: عدنان بدر حسن) is a retired Syrian major general, politician and the former chief of Syria's political security directorate.
Background[edit]
Hassan hails from Alawite family from Al Mukharram, Homs governorate.[1][2] He received religious education in Homs and attended the Homs Military Academy.[3]
Career[edit]
Hassan was a major general in the Syrian army.[4] In 1973, he fought in Arab-Israeli war and was decorated for his performance.[3] During the illness of the Syrian President Hafez Assad in the period between November 1983 and March 1984 Hassan was made one of the members of the secret military commanders committee.[5] One of Hassan's commands was the ninth mechanized infantry of the army in 1985.[2][6] He was appointed head of the political security directorate in 1987,[7] replacing Ahmad Said Salih in the post.[1][8] Hassan was one of Ali Duba's allies during this period.[2] Hassan's term ended in October 2002, and he was replaced by Ghazi Kanaan as head of the political security directorate.[9]
Hassan became a member of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party's Central Committee in 2000 following the death of Hafez Assad.[10][11] Hassan retired from politics in 2005.[12][13]
Activities[edit]
Hassan signed the agreement between Syria and Turkey on 20 October 1998, which established that Syria recognizes the PKK as a terrorist organization.[4] The agreement is known as Adana Agreement.[14] He further involved in the security talks between the countries in 2000.[15]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Syria's Intelligence Services: A Primer". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 2 (6). 1 July 2000.
- ^ a b c Hanna Batatu (1999). Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-691-00254-5.
- ^ a b Diana Darke (2018). The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-19-087485-8.
- ^ a b "Minutes of the Agreement" (PDF). Syrian Truth. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ Ibrahim Hamidi (26 October 2021). "A Once Powerful Patriarch Returns to an Unrecognizable Syria". New Lines. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Aaron Belkin (2005). United We Stand? Divide-And-Conquer Politics and the Logic of International Hostility. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-7914-6343-7.
- ^ Global National Security and Intelligence Agencies Handbook. Vol. 1. Int'l Business Publications. 2015. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-7397-9140-0.
- ^ Andrew Rathmell (1996). "Syria's Intelligence Services: Origins and Development". The Journal of Conflict Studies. 16 (2).
- ^ Michael Young (12 October 2002). "The long goodbye". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ Bruce Maddy-Weitzman (2002). Middle East Contemporary Survey 2000. Vol. 24. The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 558. ISBN 978-965-224-054-5.
- ^ Alan George (2003). Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom. London; New York: Zed Books. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-84277-213-3.
- ^ Sami Moubayed (July 2005). "Syria: Reform or Repair?". Arab Reform Bulletin. 3 (6).
- ^ Scott Lasensky; Mona Yacoubian (December 2005). "Syria and political change" (PDF). USIPeace Briefing.
- ^ Kohei Imai (2017). The Possibility and Limit of Liberal Middle Power Policies: Turkish Foreign Policy toward the Middle East during the AKP Period (2005–2011). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-4985-2492-6.
- ^ Michael Eisenstadt (21 June 2000). "Who Rules Syria?" (PolicyWatch 472). Policy Analysis. 472.