page_title: Abdul Halim Khaddam
hierarchical_section_title: Abdul Halim Khaddam
caption_attribution_description: English: Syrian Foreign Minister Abdul Halim Khaddam in 1975
context_page_description: Abdul Halim Khaddam was a Syrian politician who was Vice President of Syria and "High Commissioner" to Lebanon from 1984 to 2005. He was long known as a loyalist of Hafez Assad, and held the strongest Sunni position within the Syrian government until he resigned his positions and left the country in 2005 in protest against certain policies of Hafez's son and successor, Bashar Assad.
context_section_description: Abdul Halim Khaddam (/ˈɑːbdəl həˈliːm kəˈdæm/ (listen) AHB-dəl hə-LEEM kə-DAM; Arabic: عبد الحليم خدام‎; 15 September 1932 – 31 March 2020) was a Syrian politician who was Vice President of Syria and "High Commissioner" to Lebanon from 1984 to 2005. He was long known as a loyalist of Hafez Assad, and held the strongest Sunni position within the Syrian government until he resigned his positions and left the country in 2005 in protest against certain policies of Hafez's son and successor, Bashar Assad.
caption: Abdul Halim Khaddam in 1975
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