Ahmad Hasan al-Khatib (Arabic: أحمد حسن الخطيب; 1933–1982) was a Syrian politician who served as The sole ceremonial head of state of Syria, appointed by Hafez al-Assad to replace the ousted president Nureddin al-Atassi.

al-Khatib was a civilian member of the ruling Ba'ath party and served as the country's acting president for only four months.

When Assad subsequently became president in 1971, he then became the speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria.

He had many siblings, one of them was Najwa al-Khatib, the wife of Abdulmajid Mansour, a prominent doctor in the Syrian Army who died in 2007.

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