Abdul Rahman Khleifawi (Arabic: عبد الرحمن خليفاوي, romanized: ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān Khulayfāwiyy;‎ 1930 – 14 March 2009) was a Syrian military officer and politician.

He was Prime Minister of Syria from 1971 succeeding Hafez al-Assad who just promoted to the post of President of Syria to 1972 for 1 year and again from 1976 to 1978 for about 2 years, he served as prime minister for two separate terms together under President Hafez al-Assad.

[1] He was of Algerian descent, originally from Draâ Ben Khedda.

He was firstly in office from 3 April 1971 to 21 December 1972, being the first prime minister under the presidency of Hafez al-Assad.

[3] Khleifawi served as prime minister again from 7 August 1976 to 27 March 1978.