Abdul Rauf al-Kasm

Abdul Rauf al-Kasm (Arabic: عبد الرؤوف الكسم, romanized: ʿAbd ar-Raʾūf al-Kasm) (born 1932) is a Syrian architect, academic and politician who served as prime minister of Syria during the 1980s.

[1][2] Abdul Rauf was the second son of Muhammad Atallah al-Kasm, a Damascene scholar and mufti from 1918 until his death in 1938.

[2] He served as Prime Minister of Syria from 9 January 1980 to 1 November 1987 under the presidency of Hafez al-Assad.

[1] Enjoying full support of president Assad, Kasm tried to end corruption by senior officers.

However, his clash with then defense minister Mustafa Tlass led to his removal from office in 1987.

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