Yusuf Shakkur
Major General Yusuf Shakkur | |
|---|---|
يوسف راغب شكور | |
| Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Armed Forces | |
| In office 1972–1974 | |
| President | Hafez al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Mustafa Tlass |
| Succeeded by | Hikmat al-Shihabi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1926 |
| Died | September 14, 2018 (aged 92) |
| Party | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | First Syrian Republic (1946–1950) Second Syrian Republic (1950–1958) United Arab Republic (1958–1961) Second Syrian Republic (1961–1963) Ba'athist Syria (1963–1974) |
| Branch/service | Syrian Army |
| Years of service | 1946–1974 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Battles/wars | Six-Day War Yom Kippur War |
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Yusuf Raghib Shakkur (Arabic: يوسف راغب شكور; 1926–2018) was a Syrian military officer who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Syrian Army during the Yom Kippur War in October 1973. As the highest-ranking military officer under President Hafez al-Assad, he was directly responsible for the planning and execution of the Syrian military's operations during the conflict.