Mustafa Tlass
Mustafa Tlass | |
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مصطفى طلاس | |
Tlass in 1990 | |
| 12th Minister of Defense | |
| In office 22 March 1972 – 12 May 2004 | |
| President | Hafez al-Assad (1972–2000) Bashar al-Assad (2000–2004) |
| Preceded by | Hafez al-Assad |
| Succeeded by | Hasan Turkmani |
| Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army | |
| In office 1968–1972 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Suidani |
| Succeeded by | Yusuf Shakkur |
| Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
| In office 28 September 1968 – 9 June 2005 | |
| In office 4 April 1965 – December 1965 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mustafa Abdul Qadir Tlass 11 May 1932 Rastan, First Syrian Republic |
| Died | 27 June 2017 (aged 85) Bobigny, France |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Relations | Nahed Tlass (daughter) Manaf Tlass (son) Firas Tlass (son) Abdul Razzaq Tlass (nephew) Akram Ojjeh (Son-in-law) Mansour Ojjeh (Step-Grandson) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Second Syrian Republic (1952–1958) United Arab Republic (1958–1961) Second Syrian Republic (1961–1963) Ba'athist Syria (1963–2004) |
| Branch/service | Syrian Army |
| Years of service | 1952–2004 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Battles/wars | |
Mustafa Abdul Qadir Tlass (Arabic: مصطفى عبد القادر طلاس, romanized: Musṭafā ʿAbd al-Qādir Ṭalās; 11 May 1932 – 27 June 2017) was a Syrian military officer, author, historian and politician who was Ba'athist Syria's minister of defense from 1972 to 2004. He was part of the four-member Regional Command during the Hafez al-Assad era.