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Ibrahim Makhous second from the right, Paris 1967
Peasants' Bureau of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office March 1968 – 13 November 1970
Preceded by	Muhammad Ashawi
Succeeded by	Mahmūd Zuʿbi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 March 1966 – 29 October 1968
Preceded by	Salah al-Din al-Bitar
Succeeded by	Muhammad Ashawi
In office 22 September 1965 – 21 December 1965
Preceded by	Hassan Mraywed
Succeeded by	Salah al-Din al-Bitar
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
In office 27 March 1966 – 13 November 1970
Personal details
Born	1925 Damascus, French Mandate of Syria
Died	10 September 2013 (aged 88) Algiers, Algeria
Political party	Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Other political affiliations	Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party
Alma mater	Damascus University

Ibrahim Makhūs (born 1925 – died 10 September 2013) was an important Syrian politician. He was part of the Ba'ath Party, a major political group in Syria. From 1966 to 1970, he was a member of the party's top leadership, called the Regional Command.

Makhūs also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, which means he was in charge of Syria's relationships with other countries. This was during the time when Salah Jadid was a powerful leader in Syria. After Hafiz al-Asad took control of the government, Ibrahim Makhūs started a new political group called the Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party. He passed away in 2013 when he was 88 years old.

Ibrahim Makhūs's Early Life

Ibrahim Makhūs was born in 1925 into a family from the village of Makhūs. This village, located between Latakia and Antioch, was also the origin of his family's name. His father was a respected religious leader, known as a shaykh. He also worked as a farmer who didn't own land at first, but later managed to buy about 100 dunams (a unit of land measurement) for farming.

Makhūs's father was very involved in his community. He helped solve disagreements between people and started a large charity group called "al-Jam'iyyah al-Khayriyyah." This group grew to help people in about seventy villages. It even opened one of the first schools in the area where both boys and girls could study together.

Helping His Community and Fighting for Freedom

From a young age, Ibrahim Makhūs worked with his father's charity. He traveled a lot around the countryside near Latakia. This helped him see firsthand the difficulties faced by farmers and poor people.

While he was still a student, Makhūs volunteered to fight in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. He joined the Arab forces in that conflict. Later, during the Algerian War of Independence, which started in 1954, he volunteered his skills as a doctor to help those in need.