Ahmad Hasan al-Khatib (; 1933–1982) was a Syrian politician who served as The sole ceremonial head of state of

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

, appointed by

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 ...

to replace the ousted president Nureddin al-Atassi. al-Khatib was a civilian member of the ruling

Ba'ath party The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ( ' ), also known simply as Bath Party (), was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi. The party espoused Ba'athism, which is an ideology ...

and served as the country's acting

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for only four months. When Assad subsequently became president in 1971, he then became the speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria. He died in Damascus, Syria in 1982. He had many siblings, one of them was Najwa al-Khatib, the wife of Abdulmajid Mansour, a prominent doctor in the Syrian Army who died in 2007.

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1933 births 1982 deaths 20th-century Syrian politicians Presidents of Syria Speakers of the People's Assembly of Syria Members of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region 20th-century presidents in Asia {{Syria-politician-stub