Said Mohammad Sammour Explained

Office:Minister of Interior
Primeminister:Muhammad Naji al-Otari
President:Bashar al-Assad
Term Start:23 April 2009
Term End:29 March 2011
Predecessor:Bassam Abdel Majid
Successor:Mohammad al-Shaar
Birth Place:Jableh
Party:Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Rank: Major general

Said Mohammad Sammour (Arabic: سعيد محمد سمور) (born 1950) is a Syrian military officer and politician who served as interior minister between 2009 and 2011.

Early life and education

Sammour was born in Jableh in 1950.[1] He received a bachelor of arts degree in English literature.[2] He also holds a diploma in aeronautical science.[2]

Career

Sammour is a former major general. He was the chief of Syrian military intelligence in Homs.[1] He also served in the same post in charge with the Damascus Region.[3] Then he was appointed deputy chief of the military intelligence in 2005,[4] and served in the post until 2009.[4] [5]

On 23 April 2009, Sammour was appointed interior minister to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Mohammad Naji al-Otari, replacing Bassam Abdel Majid in the post.[6] [7] [8] In April 2011, Sammour was replaced by Mohammad al-Shaar as interior minister.[9] [10]

Personal life

Sammour is married and has four children.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: President Assad's Cabinet Reshuffle. Wikileaks. 24 February 2013. 29 April 2009. 6 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140606221239/http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=09DAMASCUS309. dead.
  2. News: President Bashar Al Assad Issues a Number of Legislative Decrees. 24 February 2013. SANA. 23 April 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120328221826/http://sana.sy/eng/21/2009/04/23/pr-223056.htm. 28 March 2012.
  3. News: Ministerial Reshuffle Disappoints. 24 February 2013. IWPR. 1 May 2009.
  4. Shmuel Bar. Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview. IPS. 2006.
  5. Book: Robert G. Rabil. Syria, The United States, and the War on Terror in the Middle East. 2006. Praeger. 978-0-275-99015-2. 193.
  6. News: Syria's ministerial reshuffle 'disappointing'. 24 February 2013. Middle East Online. 5 May 2009.
  7. Web site: Syrian Cabinet Reshuffle. Carnegie Endowment. 24 February 2013. 24 April 2009.
  8. News: Syrian president reshuffles cabinet with five new ministers. 25 February 2013. People's Daily. 24 April 2009.
  9. News: Syrian president reshuffles cabinet. https://web.archive.org/web/20150208221911/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-04/15/c_13829531.htm. dead. 8 February 2015. 24 February 2013. Xinhua News Agency. 15 April 2011.
  10. News: Syrian president reshuffles cabinet. 15 April 2011. 8 March 2013. People's Daily.