Hikmat al-Shihabi
Hikmat Shihabi | |
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حكمت الشهابي | |
Shihabi in the 1970s | |
| Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
| In office 7 January 1980 – 1 July 1998 | |
| 16th Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army | |
| In office 12 August 1974 – July 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Yusuf Shakkur |
| Succeeded by | Ali Aslan |
| Head of Military Intelligence | |
| In office 1970–1973 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Zaza |
| Succeeded by | Ali Duba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 January 1931 |
| Died | 5 March 2013 (aged 82) |
| Party | Ba'ath Party |
| Awards | Hero of the Republic |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Second Syrian Republic (1952–1958) United Arab Republic (1958–1961) Second Syrian Republic (1961–1963) Ba'athist Syria (1963–1998) |
| Branch/service | Syrian Arab Army |
| Years of service | 1952–1998 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Unit | 10th Armoured Division |
| Commands | 10th Armoured Division |
| Battles/wars | Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Lebanese Civil War Islamist uprising in Syria |
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Hikmat al-Shihabi (Arabic: حكمت الشهابي; 8 January 1931 – 5 March 2013) was a Syrian military officer who served as the chief of staff of the Syrian Army from 1974 to 1998. A Sunni Muslim, he was considered one of the few non-Alawite members of the inner circle of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad.