Said Mohammad Sammour
Minister of Interior
In office
23 April 2009 – 29 March 2011
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterMuhammad Naji al-Otari
Preceded byBassam Abdel Majid
Succeeded byMohammad al-Shaar
Personal details
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Jableh
Political partySyrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Military service
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]

References

  1. 1 2 "President Assad's Cabinet Reshuffle". Wikileaks. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "President Bashar Al Assad Issues a Number of Legislative Decrees". SANA. 23 April 2009. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ministerial Reshuffle Disappoints". IWPR. 1 May 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 Shmuel Bar (2006). "Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview" (PDF). IPS.
  5. ↑ Robert G. Rabil (2006). Syria, The United States, and the War on Terror in the Middle East. Praeger. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-275-99015-2.
  6. ↑ "Syria's ministerial reshuffle 'disappointing'". Middle East Online. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Syrian Cabinet Reshuffle". Carnegie Endowment. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "Syrian president reshuffles cabinet with five new ministers". People's Daily. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "Syrian president reshuffles cabinet". Xinhua News Agency. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "Syrian president reshuffles cabinet". People's Daily. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
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