| Muhammad Ali al-Halabi | |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Order: | Prime Minister of Syria |
| President: | Hafez al-Assad |
| Term Start: | 27 March 1978 |
| Term End: | 9 January 1980 |
| Predecessor: | Abdul Rahman Khleifawi |
| Successor: | Abdul Rauf al-Kasm |
| Office1: | Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria |
| Term Start1: | 27 June 1973 |
| Term End1: | 9 March 1978 |
| Predecessor1: | Fahmi al-Yusufi |
| Successor1: | Mahmoud Hadid |
| Office2: | Damascus Governor |
| Term Start2: | 1969 |
| Term End2: | 1971 |
| Predecessor2: | Mohamed Sioufi |
| Successor2: | Muhammad Yassin al-Osta |
| Office3: | Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch |
| Term Start3: | 13 November 1970 |
| Term End3: | 7 January 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Damascus, Syria |
| Death Place: | Damascus, Syria |
| Spouse: | Lamis Mourad |
| Party: | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
| Otherparty: | National Progressive Front |
Muhammad Ali al-Halabi (Arabic: محمد علي الحلبي|Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ḥalabī; 1937 – 19 September 2016) was a Syrian politician.
After finishing his training at the National Teacher Training Institute, Muhammed studied Philosophy at the University of Damascus. In 1955 he became a teacher on the Golan and from 1959 to 1964 he was employed as a teacher in Kuwait. From 9 June 1973 to 27 March 1978 he was chairman and spokesman for the National Council. He served as Prime Minister of Syria from March 27, 1978 to January 9, 1980 under the presidency of Hafez al-Assad. al-Halabi was an ambassador in Moscow from 1982 to 1990, during which Hafiz al-Assad and Leonid Brezhnev made an agreement, to install the Soviet S-75 in al-Dumayr and Shinshar.[1]
| Political offices | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Preceded byMohamed Sioufi | Damascus Governor 1969–1971 | Succeeded byMuhammad Yassin al-Osta | |
| Preceded byFahmi al-Yusufi | Speaker of Parliament of Syria 1973–1978 | Succeeded byMahmoud Hadid | |
| Preceded byAbdul Rahman Khleifawi | Prime Minister of Syria 1978–1980 | Succeeded byAbdul Rauf al-Kasm | |
| Preceded byJabr al-Kafri | Ambassador of Syria to the Soviet Union 1982–1990 | Succeeded byIssam al-Naeb | |