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'''Bassam Abdel Majeed''' ({{lang-ar|بسام عبد المجيد}} {{transl|ar|'''Basām `Abd al-Majīd'''}}) (born 1950) is a Syrian military officer, politician and diplomat.
'''Bassam Abdel Majeed''' ({{lang-ar|بسام عبد المجيد}} {{transl|ar|'''Basām 'Abd al-Majīd'''}}) (born 1950) is a Syrian military officer, politician and diplomat.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Majeed is of [[Circassians in Syria|Circassian]] origin,<ref name=AlAhram/><ref name=wleaks13feb>{{cite news|title=Major cabinet reshuffle|url=https://wikileaks.org/cable/2006/02/06DAMASCUS601.html|accessdate=25 March 2013|newspaper=Wikileaks|date=13 February 2006}}</ref> and was born into a [[Sunni Muslim]] family in 1950 in [[Beer Ajam]], a village in the [[Quneitra Governorate]] in southwestern Syria.<ref name=landis>{{cite web|last=Landis|first=Joshua|title=The New Syrian Cabinet|url=http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/Joshua.M.Landis-1/syriablog/2006/02/new-syrian-cabinet-feb-11-2006.htm|publisher=Syria Comment|accessdate=9 November 2012|date=11 February 2006}}</ref><ref name=wik16feb>{{cite news|title=Biographical Data on Syria's New Ministers|url=http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=06DAMASCUS673|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413184028/http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=06DAMASCUS673|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2013|accessdate=1 March 2013|newspaper=Wikileaks|date=16 February 2006}}</ref> He attended Syria's Air Force Academy, graduating in 1970.<ref name=landis/>
Majeed is of [[Circassians in Syria|Circassian]] origin,<ref name=AlAhram/><ref name=wleaks13feb>{{cite news|title=Major cabinet reshuffle|url=https://wikileaks.org/cable/2006/02/06DAMASCUS601.html|access-date=25 March 2013|newspaper=Wikileaks|date=13 February 2006}}</ref> and was born into a [[Sunni Muslim]] family in 1950 in [[Beer Ajam]], a village in the [[Quneitra Governorate]] in southwestern Syria.<ref name=landis>{{cite web|last=Landis|first=Joshua|title=The New Syrian Cabinet|url=http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/Joshua.M.Landis-1/syriablog/2006/02/new-syrian-cabinet-feb-11-2006.htm|publisher=Syria Comment|access-date=9 November 2012|date=11 February 2006}}</ref><ref name=wik16feb>{{cite news|title=Biographical Data on Syria's New Ministers|url=http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=06DAMASCUS673|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413184028/http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=06DAMASCUS673|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2013|access-date=1 March 2013|newspaper=Wikileaks|date=16 February 2006}}</ref> He attended Syria's Air Force Academy, graduating in 1970.<ref name=landis/>


==Career==
==Career==
Majeed held several military and security posts.<ref name=landis/> He was director of the [[military police]] from 2003 to 2006.<ref name=AlAhram/> He was appointed the interior minister of [[Syria]] on 11 February 2006,<ref name=AlAhram>{{cite news|title=Strengthening the line |author=Sami Moubayed |newspaper=Al Ahram |date=16–22 February 2006 |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/782/re302.htm |accessdate=21 December 2012 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224084300/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/782/re302.htm |archivedate=24 December 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name=tvnz>{{cite news|title=Assad reshuffles cabinet amid pressure |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/659546 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223004151/http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/659546 |url-status=dead|archive-date=23 February 2013 |accessdate=10 January 2013 |newspaper=TVNZ |date=12 February 2006 }}</ref> succeeding [[Ghazi Kanaan]].<ref name=bbc11206>{{cite news|title=Syrian leader reshuffles cabinet|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4704388.stm|accessdate=9 November 2012|newspaper=BBC|date=11 February 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Syria Fills Vacancies In Cabinet Ministries|work=The New York Times|page=16|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/international/middleeast/12syria.html}}</ref> When he was in office, [[Hezbollah]] commander [[Imad Mugniyeh]] was killed in [[Damascus]] in February 2008.<ref name=iwpr09>{{cite news|title=Ministerial Reshuffle Disappoints|url=http://iwpr.net/report-news/ministerial-reshuffle-disappoints|accessdate=24 February 2013|newspaper=IWPR|date=1 May 2009}}</ref> Majeed described the attack as "terrorist act".<ref name=oweis>{{cite news|last=Oweis|first=Khaled Yacoub|title=Killing of Hezbollah commander "terrorist act"-Syria|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/02/13/idUSL13457722|accessdate=10 January 2013|newspaper=Reuters|date=13 February 2008}}</ref>
Majeed held several military and security posts.<ref name=landis/> He was director of the [[military police]] from 2003 to 2006.<ref name=AlAhram/> He was appointed the interior minister of [[Syria]] on 11 February 2006,<ref name=AlAhram>{{cite news|title=Strengthening the line |author=Sami Moubayed |newspaper=Al Ahram |date=16–22 February 2006 |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/782/re302.htm |access-date=21 December 2012 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224084300/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/782/re302.htm |archivedate=24 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=tvnz>{{cite news|title=Assad reshuffles cabinet amid pressure |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/659546 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223004151/http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/659546 |url-status=dead|archive-date=23 February 2013 |access-date=10 January 2013 |newspaper=TVNZ |date=12 February 2006 }}</ref> succeeding [[Ghazi Kanaan]].<ref name=bbc11206>{{cite news|title=Syrian leader reshuffles cabinet|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4704388.stm|access-date=9 November 2012|newspaper=BBC|date=11 February 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Syria Fills Vacancies in Cabinet Ministries|work=The New York Times|page=16|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/international/middleeast/12syria.html}}</ref> When he was in office, [[Hezbollah]] commander [[Imad Mugniyeh]] was killed in [[Damascus]] in February 2008.<ref name=iwpr09>{{cite news|title=Ministerial Reshuffle Disappoints|url=http://iwpr.net/report-news/ministerial-reshuffle-disappoints|access-date=24 February 2013|newspaper=IWPR|date=1 May 2009}}</ref> Majeed described the attack as "terrorist act".<ref name=oweis>{{cite news|last=Oweis|first=Khaled Yacoub|title=Killing of Hezbollah commander "terrorist act"-Syria|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/02/13/idUSL13457722|access-date=10 January 2013|agency=Reuters|date=13 February 2008}}</ref>


Majeed's term lasted until 23 April 2009 and he was replaced by [[Said Mohammad Sammour]].<ref name=mei09>{{cite news|title=Syria: Ministerial Reshuffle Disappoints|url=http://www.mei.nus.edu.sg/blog/issues/political-parties/syria-ministerial-reshuffle-disappoints|accessdate=10 January 2013|newspaper=Middle East Institute|date=11 May 2009|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130418160338/http://www.mei.nus.edu.sg/blog/issues/political-parties/syria-ministerial-reshuffle-disappoints|archive-date=18 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2009, Majeed was appointed Syria's ambassador to [[Kuwait]].<ref name=kuna25oct>{{cite news|title=Syrian Ambassador to Kuwait sworn in before President Al-Assad|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Syrian+Ambassador+to+Kuwait+sworn+in+before+President+Al-Assad.-a0212391479|accessdate=24 February 2013|newspaper=KUNA|date=25 October 2009|location=Damascus}}</ref>
Majeed's term lasted until 23 April 2009 and he was replaced by [[Said Mohammad Sammour]].<ref name=mei09>{{cite news|title=Syria: Ministerial Reshuffle Disappoints|url=http://www.mei.nus.edu.sg/blog/issues/political-parties/syria-ministerial-reshuffle-disappoints|access-date=10 January 2013|newspaper=Middle East Institute|date=11 May 2009|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130418160338/http://www.mei.nus.edu.sg/blog/issues/political-parties/syria-ministerial-reshuffle-disappoints|archive-date=18 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2009, Majeed was appointed Syria's ambassador to [[Kuwait]].<ref name=kuna25oct>{{cite news|title=Syrian Ambassador to Kuwait sworn in before President Al-Assad|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Syrian+Ambassador+to+Kuwait+sworn+in+before+President+Al-Assad.-a0212391479|access-date=24 February 2013|newspaper=KUNA|date=25 October 2009|location=Damascus}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 07:39, 26 October 2020

Bassam Abdel Majeed
بسام عبد المجيد
Minister of Interior
In office
11 February 2006 – 23 April 2009
Preceded byGhazi Kanaan
Succeeded bySaid Mohammad Sammour
Personal details
Born1950 (age 74–75)
Beer Ajam, Syria
Political partySyrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Military service
RankMajor General

Bassam Abdel Majeed (Template:Lang-ar Basām 'Abd al-Majīd) (born 1950) is a Syrian military officer, politician and diplomat.

Early life and education

Majeed is of Circassian origin,[1][2] and was born into a Sunni Muslim family in 1950 in Beer Ajam, a village in the Quneitra Governorate in southwestern Syria.[3][4] He attended Syria's Air Force Academy, graduating in 1970.[3]

Career

Majeed held several military and security posts.[3] He was director of the military police from 2003 to 2006.[1] He was appointed the interior minister of Syria on 11 February 2006,[1][5] succeeding Ghazi Kanaan.[6][7] When he was in office, Hezbollah commander Imad Mugniyeh was killed in Damascus in February 2008.[8] Majeed described the attack as "terrorist act".[9]

Majeed's term lasted until 23 April 2009 and he was replaced by Said Mohammad Sammour.[10] In October 2009, Majeed was appointed Syria's ambassador to Kuwait.[11]

Personal life

Majeed is married, and has two daughters and one son.

References

  1. ^ a b c Sami Moubayed (16–22 February 2006). "Strengthening the line". Al Ahram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Major cabinet reshuffle". Wikileaks. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Landis, Joshua (11 February 2006). "The New Syrian Cabinet". Syria Comment. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Biographical Data on Syria's New Ministers". Wikileaks. 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Assad reshuffles cabinet amid pressure". TVNZ. 12 February 2006. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Syrian leader reshuffles cabinet". BBC. 11 February 2006. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Syria Fills Vacancies in Cabinet Ministries". The New York Times. p. 16.
  8. ^ "Ministerial Reshuffle Disappoints". IWPR. 1 May 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  9. ^ Oweis, Khaled Yacoub (13 February 2008). "Killing of Hezbollah commander "terrorist act"-Syria". Reuters. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  10. ^ "Syria: Ministerial Reshuffle Disappoints". Middle East Institute. 11 May 2009. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Syrian Ambassador to Kuwait sworn in before President Al-Assad". KUNA. Damascus. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
Political offices
Preceded by Interior Minister
2006 – 2009 		Succeeded by
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