Rustum Ghazaleh
Rustum Ghazaleh | |
|---|---|
| رستم غزالة | |
| Head of Political Security Directorate | |
| In office 25 July 2012 – 24 April 2015 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Prime Minister | Riyad Farid Hijab Wael Nader al-Halqi |
| Succeeded by | Nasser al-Ali |
| Head of the Military Intelligence Directorate Branch 227 (Rif Dimashq) | |
| In office 2005 – 25 July 2012 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Dib Zaitoun |
| Head of Military Intelligence in Lebanon | |
| In office December 2002 – 30 April 2005 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Ghazi Kanaan |
| Succeeded by | Position disestablished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 May 1953 Qarfa, Daraa Governorate, Syria |
| Died | 24 April 2015 (aged 61) Damascus, Syria |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Ba'athist Syria |
| Branch/service | Syrian Arab Army |
| Years of service | 1973–2015 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Unit | 112th Mechanized Brigade Military Intelligence Political Security Directorate |
| Commands | Syrian Forces in Lebanon |
| Battles/wars | Lebanese Civil War Syrian civil war |
Rustum Ghazaleh (Arabic: رستم غزالة) also transl. from Arabic as Rostom Ghazale, Rustom Ghazalah, Rustom Ghazali; (3 May 1953 – 24 April 2015) was a Syrian military and intelligence officer.