Ghassan Hitto date of birth:
1963
How old is Ghassan Hitto?
62
Where was Ghassan Hitto born?
Damascus, Syria
Ghassan Hitto body shape:
Average
What color is Ghassan Hitto's hair?
Black
What religion is Ghassan Hitto?
Muslim
What is Ghassan Hitto's ethnicity?
Middle Eastern
What is Ghassan Hitto nationality?
Syrian
Where did Ghassan Hitto go to university?
Purdue University
What is Ghassan Hitto's occupation?
Activist
Ghassan Hitto claim to fame:
Syrian opposition's new interim government head
Short Biography
Ghassan Hitto (Arabic: غسان هيتو; born 1963) was the first Prime Minister of an interim government established by the Syrian opposition National Coalition. Born in Damascus into a Kurdish family, he left Syria to the U.S. in 1980, became a naturalized American citizen and worked as an information technology executive and lived in Texas until recently. In late 2012, he relocated to Turkey. He was elected prime minister on 18 March 2013 by a narrow margin over former Syrian Arab Republic agricultural minister Assad Mustafa. Hitto resigned on 8 July 2013.