Abdul Rauf al-Kasm

Abdul Rauf al-Kasm ( Arabic عبد الرؤوف الكسم, DMG ʿAbd ar-Raʾūf al-Kasm , * 1932) is a Syrian architect and professor of architecture at Damascus University . He is a member of the Ba'ath Party and its National Progress Front and was Prime Minister under President Hafiz al-Assad from January 9, 1980 to November 1, 1987 . After leaving office, he served as head of the Ba'ath Party's National Security Bureau in Syria .

Abdul Rauf al-Kasm comes from a clerical family from Damascus who held high positions in the Sunni clergy during the mandate . Al-Kasm himself received his PhD in architecture and urban planning from the University of Geneva . From 1979 to 1980, Al-Kasm served as governor of the capital.

literature

Abdel Rauf al- Kassem , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 21/1988 of May 16, 1988, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Individual evidence

↑ Syria . World Statesmen.org . Retrieved January 1, 2011.
↑ Hanna Batatu: Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton, 1999, p. 272

personal data
SURNAME	Kasm, Abdul Rauf al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kasm, Abdulrauf al
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Syrian politician, Prime Minister of Syria and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	1932

[1] Syria . World Statesmen.org . Retrieved January 1, 2011.

[2] Hanna Batatu: Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton, 1999, p. 272