Ghassan hit to biography

 

In Brief

Few people had heard of 49-year-old Ghassan Hitto prior to his appointment as head of the interim Syrian government.Hitto is an American citizen who lived in the United States for 30 years after arriving as a teenager.Until last year, he worked in telecommunications and lived outside Dallas with his children and his American-born wife Suzanne — who converted to Islam before they were married.

 

On March18, 2013, the Syrian National Coalition elected Hitto as prime minister of the interim government to administer the areas seized by rebel forces from the forces of President Bashar Assad.

 

Hitto received 35 votes out of 48 ballots cast by the opposition Syrian National Coalition's 63 active members during a meeting in Istanbul.

The results were read aloud by coalition member Hisham Marwa to applause from a few dozen of his colleagues who had waited until after 1 a.m. to hear the results.