Hasan Turkmani, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (b. 1935)
Hasan Ali Turkmani (Arabic: حسن توركماني; 27 January 1935 – 18 July 2012) was a prominent Syrian military commander and Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party member. He served as the minister of defense in Syria from 2004 to 2009.He and three other top Syrian government officials were killed on 18 July 2012 in Damascus during a bomb attack.