He was a long known loyalist of Hafez al-Assad under the Ba'athist regime in Syria after the Corrective Movement in 1970. [2] . He resigned from his position and left the country in 2005 …

Mar 31, 2020 · Mr. Abdul Halim Khaddam was born in 1932 in the city of Baniyas, Tartous Governorate. He joined the ranks of the Baath Party in 1949 and worked as Secretary of the …

A major pillar of former Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad’s rule, Khaddam served in high-level government posts from 1970 until 2005, first as foreign minister and then vice president. …

Abdul Halim Khaddam was a Syrian politician who served as interim President of Syria in 2000 as well as the Vice President of Syria and the Syrian High Commissi...

Khaddam was long seen as one of the Sunni frontmen which the Alawite-based Ba'th regime in Syria used to present a multiconfessional appearance inside Syria. He was seen as a key …

Abdul Halim Khaddam (i / ˈɑːbdəl həˈliːm kəˈdæm / ahb-DƏL-_-HƏ-leem-_-kə; Arabic: عبد الحليم خدام;‎ 15 September 1932 – 31 March 2020) was a Syrian politician who was Vice President of Syria …

Mar 31, 2020 · Khaddam became a member of the Baath Party when he was just 17 years old. He began his political career as governor of Quneitra after the party came to power in 1963.