What is Mustafa Tlass?
{{Infobox person | name = Mustafa Abdul Qadir Tlass | image = Mustapha Tlas.jpg | caption = Tlass in 2000 | alt = Tlass in 2000 | birth_name = | birth_place = [[Al-Rastan|Rastan]], [[French Mandate of Syria]] | nationality = Syrian | occupation = [[Politician]], military officer | known_for = | title = [[Minister of Defense (Syria)|Minister of Defense]] (1972-2004) | parents = | organization = }} '''Mustafa Abdul Qadir Tlass''' (11 May 1932 – 19 June 2017) was a [[Syrian]] senior military officer and politician. He was born in [[Al-Rastan|Rastan]], [[French Mandate of Syria]]. He was Syria's [[Minister of Defense (Syria)|Minister of Defense]] from 1972 to 2004.<ref name=bbc04>{{cite news|title=Profile: Mustafa Tlas|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3127058.stm|access-date=5 July 2012|work=BBC|year=2004}}</ref> He was part of the four-member Regional Command during the [[Hafez al-Assad]] era. He had the rank of [[colonel general]]. Tlass died on 19 June 2017 in [[Paris]], [[France]] at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.islahhaber.net/onbinlerce-muslumanin-katili-oldu-150890.html|title=Onbinlerce Müslümanın katili öldü|publisher=Islah Haber|access-date=21 June 2017|date=21 June 2017|archive-date=27 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627151208/http://www.islahhaber.net/onbinlerce-muslumanin-katili-oldu-150890.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tlass, Mustafa}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Government ministers]] [[Category:Syrian generals]] [[Category:Syrian politicians]] {{bio-stub}}