Ali Habib Mahmud (Arabic: علي حبيب محمود‎; 1 January 1939 – 20 March 2020) was a Syrian military officer who served as Syria's minister of defense from June 2009 to August 2011.

As a commander of the 1st Division, he also led forces against Israeli troops invading Lebanon in 1982, including the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.

[7] He also participated in the Gulf War as part of the international coalition that liberated Kuwait from Saddam Hussein's Iraq in 1991.

[7] On 3 June 2009, President Bashar al-Assad appointed Mahmud as defense minister, replacing again Hasan Turkmani.

[1] In May 2011, the United States accused Habib of human rights abuses, and announced a travel ban and asset freeze.