Abdul Rauf Al-Kasm
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Abdul Rauf al-Kasm () (born 1932) is a Syrian
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, academic and politician who served as prime minister of Syria during the 1980s.


Early life

Kasm was born in
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in a
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family in 1932. Abdul Rauf was the second son of Muhammad Atallah al-Kasm, a Damascene scholar and mufti from 1918 until his death in 1938.


Career

Kasm was professor of
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at
Damascus University Damascus University () is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus, with campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 as the Syrian University () through the merger of the Faculty of Medicine of Dama ...
. He was a member of the Baath Party. He served as
Prime Minister of Syria The prime minister of Syria (), officially the president of the Council of Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic, was the head of government of Syria from 1920 to 2025. After the fall of the Assad regime, the prime minister of Syria was the head ...
from 9 January 1980 to 1 November 1987 under the presidency of
Hafez al-Assad Hafez al-Assad (6 October 193010 June 2000) was a Syrian politician and military officer who was the president of Syria from 1971 until Death and state funeral of Hafez al-Assad, his death in 2000. He was previously the Prime Minister of Syria ...
. Enjoying full support of president Assad, Kasm tried to end corruption by senior officers. However, his clash with then defense minister
Mustafa Tlass Mustafa Abdul Qadir Tlass (; 11 May 1932 – 27 June 2017) was a Syrian military officer, author, historian and politician who was Ba'athist Syria's minister of defense from 1972 to 2004. He was part of the four-member Regional Command during th ...
led to his removal from office in 1987. After leaving office, he served as a senior consultant for national security.


References

1932 births Living people University of Geneva alumni Prime ministers of Syria Members of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region Academic staff of Damascus University Syrian architects Governors of Damascus {{Syria-politician-stub