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Ahmad Tu'mah

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Ahmad Tu'mah
Prime Minister of the Syrian Interim Government
In office
14 October 2014 – 17 May 2016
PresidentHadi al-Bahra
Khaled Khoja
Anas al-Abdah
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byJawad Abu Hatab
In office
14 September 2013 – 22 July 2014
PresidentAhmad Jarba
Hadi al-Bahra
Preceded byGhassan Hitto (Acting)
Succeeded byHimself
Personal details
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Deir ez-Zor, Syria
Political partyIndependent

Ahmad Saleh Tu'mah al-Khader (also spelled Tumeh, Touma and Tohme, Arabic: أحمد طعمة; born 1965, in Deir ez-Zor, Syria) is a Syrian politician who was elected as Prime Minister of the Syrian interim government created by the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces.[1]

Tu'mah, a self-proclaimed moderate Islamist, won with 75 out of the 97 votes on a meeting held by the National Coalition in Istanbul and, as was with his predecessor Ghassan Hitto, has been tasked to create a government with 13 ministers to govern the zones in Syria currently under the control of the Free Syrian Army forces.[1]

In a statement against the local Kurdish autonomy movement, Tu'mah said: "This movement is the mere product of the Democratic Union Party, and as soon as we topple the Assad regime we will end its short existence."[2]

The interim government was dissolved on 22 July 2014.[3] He was reelected on 14 October 2014 after several days of debate, and getting 63 votes out of 65 cast, although the coalition has 109 members with right to vote.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Syrian opposition elects moderate Islamist as prime minister". Reuters. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  2. ^ "The lifetime of the Kurdish autonomy movement is short" (in Persian). Kurd Press.
  3. ^ "Syrian opposition coalition dissolves interim government". Reuters. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Al-Khodr re-elected PM of Syrian interim gov't". KUNA. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.