{"id":"abdul-halim-khaddam","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-halim-khaddam","language":"en","name":"Abdul Halim Khaddam","name_en":"Abdul Halim Khaddam","name_ne":null,"description":"Syrian politician (1932–2020)","headline":"Syrian politician (1932–2020)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Abdul Halim Khaddam was a Syrian politician who served as interim president of Syria in 2000 as well as the vice president of Syria and the Syrian High Commissioner to Lebanon from 1984 to 2005. He was a long known loyalist of Hafez al-Assad under the Ba'athist regime in Syria after the Corrective Movement in 1970. He resigned from his position and left the country in 2005 in protest against certain policies of Hafez's son and successor, Bashar al-Assad. He accumulated substantial wealth while in office: a Credit Suisse account in his name, opened in 1994, had nearly 90 million Swiss francs in September 2003, per Suisse secrets. This puts Khaddam and his family's net worth at $1.1 billion, making them one of the wealthiest and most influential political families in the Middle East.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"21 June 1932","date":"1932-06-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307237#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Baniyas","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263922"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307237#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"31 March 2020","date":"2020-03-31"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307237#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"16th arrondissement of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194420"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307237#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Second Syrian Republic","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146885","start":"1932","end":"1958"},{"text":"United Arab Republic","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170468","start":"1958","end":"1961"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307237#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"diplomat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193391"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307237#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"National Salvation Front in Syria (2006–2020)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956759","start":"2006-06","end":"2020"},{"text":"Ba'ath Party (1949–2005)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q797513","start":"1949","end":"2005-06"},{"text":"Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16243030"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307237#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Damascus University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351317","end":"1952"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307237#P69"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"khaddam.net","url":"https://khaddam.net/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307237#P856"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Syria (10 June 2000 – 17 July 2000)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q648464","start":"2000-06-10","end":"2000-07-17"},{"text":"list of vice presidents of Syria (11 March 1984 – 9 February 2005)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q511061","start":"1984-03-11","end":"2005-02-09"},{"text":"Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (5 July 1970 – 1 March 1984)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102025289","start":"1970-07-05","end":"1984-03-01"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307237#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Halim_Khaddam","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307237","https://khaddam.net/"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Abdul Halim Khaddam born?","a":"Abdul Halim Khaddam was born on 21 June 1932 in Baniyas."},{"q":"What positions has Abdul Halim Khaddam held?","a":"Positions held by Abdul Halim Khaddam include: President of Syria (2000–2000); list of vice presidents of Syria (1984–2005); Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (1970–1984)."},{"q":"Where did Abdul Halim Khaddam study?","a":"Abdul Halim Khaddam was educated at Damascus University."}],"related":[{"name":"Hashim al-Atassi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hashim-al-atassi"},{"name":"Shukri al-Quwatli","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/shukri-al-quwatli"},{"name":"Bashar al-Assad","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bashar-al-assad"},{"name":"Ahmed al-Sharaa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmed-al-sharaa"},{"name":"Hafez al-Assad","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hafez-al-assad"},{"name":"Husni al-Za'im","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/husni-al-za-im"},{"name":"Nureddin al-Atassi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nureddin-al-atassi"},{"name":"Maamun al-Kuzbari","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/maamun-al-kuzbari"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/abdul-halim-khaddam-4265125616.jpg","width":500,"height":662,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Warren K. Leffler","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Jimmy_Carter_and_Abdul_Halim_Khaddam_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Abdul Halim Khaddam","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Halim_Khaddam","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q307237","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307237","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: President Jimmy Carter and Abdul Halim Khaddam (cropped).jpg by Warren K. Leffler (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Jimmy_Carter_and_Abdul_Halim_Khaddam_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Abdul Halim Khaddam, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: President Jimmy Carter and Abdul Halim Khaddam (cropped).jpg — Warren K. Leffler, Public domain.","cite":"\"Abdul Halim Khaddam\". DigiNepal. Last updated 9 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-halim-khaddam. Retrieved 9 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-09T08:54:54Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-09","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-halim-khaddam","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-halim-khaddam","ne":null}}