Hisham Al Shaar
{{Short description|Syrian politician (born 1958)}}
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Hisham Al Shaar (born 1958) is a Syrian judge and politician who served as the justice minister between 2017 and 2020.
Biography
Al Shaar was born in Damascus in 1958.{{cite web|title=Financial sanctions|url=https://www.gov.im/media/1370551/annex-syria-19-oct-20.pdf|publisher=EU Council|access-date=25 June 2022}} He is a judge by profession.{{cite news|title=Syrian Speaker meets Russian delegation, group of activists from US, Canada|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1531531509 |access-date=24 May 2023|work=BBC Monitoring Middle East|date=3 June 2014|id={{ProQuest|1531531509}}}} As of 2014 he was chief of the Syrian Higher Judicial Committee for Elections.{{cite news|title=Syrian judicial committee chief says no voting via internet|work=BBC Monitoring Middle East|access-date=24 May 2023|id={{ProQuest|1530671175}}|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1530671175|date=31 May 2014|location=London}} In a cabinet reshuffle dated March 2017 he was appointed justice minister replacing Najm Hamad Al Ahmad in the post.{{cite news|title=Syria's Assad orders replacement of 3 ministers|access-date=25 June 2022
|work=Xinhua|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com//english/2017-03/29/c_136168086.htm|date=29 March 2017|location=Damascus}} Al Shaar is one of the Syrian politicians who were sanctioned by the European Union in 2017 and 2020.{{cite news|title=EU extends its sanctions on Syrian regime by a year and takes out sanctions on three ministers|url=https://agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/article/11797/14|access-date=25 June 2022|work=Agence Europa|date=29 May 2017}}
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Category:Politicians from Damascus
Category:Ministers of justice of Syria
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