Ahmad al-Khatib

Ahmad Hasan al-Khatib (Arabic: أحمد حسن الخطيب; 1933–1982) was a Syrian politician who served as the 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 Syrian parliament.

Ahmad al-Khatib
أحمد الخطيب
Khatib in 1970
Acting President of Syria
In office 18 November 1970 – 12 March 1971
Prime Minister	Hafez al-Assad
Preceded by	Nureddin al-Atassi
Succeeded by	Hafez al-Assad
Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria
In office 22 February 1971 – 26 December 1971
Preceded by	Mansur al-Atrash (was parliament chairman in 1966)
Succeeded by	Fahmi al-Yusufi
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office 13 November 1970 – 15 April 1975
Personal details
Born	1933 Daraa, First Syrian Republic
Died	1982 (aged 48–49) Damascus, Syria
Political party	Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Relatives	Najwa al-Khatib

He died in Damascus, Syria in 1982. 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.