| Bassam Abdel Majeed | |
| Birth Place: | Beer Ajam, Syria |
| Office: | Minister of Interior |
| Primeminister: | Mohammad Naji Al Otari |
| President: | Bashar Assad |
| Term Start: | 11 February 2006 |
| Term End: | 23 April 2009 |
| Successor: | Said Mohammad Sammour |
| Predecessor: | Ghazi Kanaan |
| Office1: | Ambassador to Belarus |
| President1: | Bashar al-Assad |
| Successor1: | Farouk Taha |
| Term Start1: | ? |
| Term End1: | 2019 |
| Rank: | Major General |
| Party: | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
| Nationality: | Syrian |
Bassam Abdel Majeed (; Arabic: بسام عبد المجيد ; born 1950) is a Syrian military officer, politician and diplomat of Circassian origin.[1]
Majeed is of Circassian origin, and was born into a Sunni Muslim family in 1950 in Beer Ajam, a village in the Quneitra Governorate in southwestern Syria.[2] He attended Syria's Air Force Academy, graduating in 1970.[2]
Majeed held several military and security posts.[2] He was director of the military police from 2003 to 2006. He was appointed the interior minister of Syria on 11 February 2006,[3] [4] succeeding Ghazi Kanaan.[5] [6] When he was in office, Hezbollah commander Imad Mugniyeh was killed in Damascus in February 2008.[7] Majeed described the attack as "terrorist act".[8]
Majeed's term lasted until 23 April 2009 and he was replaced by Said Mohammad Sammour.[9] In October 2009, Majeed was appointed Syria's ambassador to Kuwait.[10]
Majeed is married, and has two daughters and one son.