User:Geopony/Yusuf Shakkur

Major General Youssef Shakur, a military, diplomat, and Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army during the October 1973 war, succeeding General Mustafa Tlass. He is one of the prominent figures that appeared in the history of the Arab Socialist Ba'at Party. He held the position of Syria's ambassador to France, and he also held the position of deputy head of the Political Committee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Major General Youssef Shakour was born in Homs.

Category:2018 deaths Category:Syrian Christians Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Syrian people of the Yom Kippur War Category:Chiefs of Staff of the Syrian Army Category:Syrian diplomats Category:People from Homs Category:1926 births