Ghassan Hitto
Ghassan Hitto | |
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Ghassan Hitto in 2013 | |
| Prime Minister of the Syrian Interim Government Acting | |
| In office 18 March 2013 – 14 September 2013 | |
| President | Moaz al-Khatib George Sabra (acting) Ahmad al-Jarba |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Tu'mah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 (age 61–62) Damascus, Syria |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Indiana Wesleyan University |
Ghassan Hitto (Arabic: غسان هيتو; born 1963) is a Syrian businessman, NGO executive and politician. In 2013, he was the first head of the interim government established by the Syrian opposition's National Coalition. Born in Damascus into a Kurdish family, he left Syria to the U.S. in 1980, became a naturalized American citizen and worked as an information technology executive and lived in Texas until the Syrian civil war. In late 2012, he relocated to Turkey. He was elected prime minister on 18 March 2013 by a narrow margin over former Ba'athist agricultural minister Assad Mustafa. Hitto resigned on 8 July 2013.