Hussein al-Sharaa
{{Short description|Syrian Arab nationalist activist (born 1946)}}
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| name = Hussein al-Sharaa
| image = Hussein al-Sharaa.jpg
| caption = al-Sharaa speaking at the Tuesday Economic Symposium in Damascus in 1992
| native_name = {{nobold|حسين الشرع}}
| native_name_lang = ar
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1946}}
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| alma_mater = University of Baghdad
| occupation = Academic and Arab nationalist
| movement = Nasserism
| children = 7, including Maher, Hazem, Jamal, Ali, Ahmed, and two daughters
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Hussein Ali al-Sharaa{{efn|{{langx|ar|حسين علي الشرع|Ḥusayn ʿAlī al-Sharaʿ}}}} (born 1946){{Cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interview/abu-mohammad-al-jolani/ |title=Abu Mohammad al-Jolani |website=FRONTLINE |accessdate=15 December 2024}} is a Syrian economist and former Arab nationalist activist. He is the father of the current president of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Biography
Hussein al-Sharaa was born in Fiq, Golan Heights, Syria. His father, Ali Mohammed al-Sharaa, was a landowner and his family owned most of the lands of Fiq.{{Cite web |title=باحث اقتصادي، معلومات عن حسين الشرع والد أبو محمد الجولاني |trans-title=Economic researcher, information about Hussein al-Sharaa, father of Abu Muhammed al-Julani |url=https://www.vetogate.com/5299655 |date=7 December 2024 |access-date=13 December 2024 |website=Veto |language=ar |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250409210252/https://www.vetogate.com/5299655 |archive-date=9 April 2025 |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |title=HTS seeks 'moderate rebrand' to secure seat in negotiations |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/hts-seeks-moderate-rebrand-secure-seat-negotiations |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241210043255/https://www.newarab.com/news/hts-seeks-moderate-rebrand-secure-seat-negotiations |date=4 June 2020 |archive-date=10 December 2024 |access-date=13 December 2024 |website=The New Arab |url-status=live}} Hussein al-Sharaa's grandfather, Mohammed Khalid al-Sharaa, and uncles were among the fighters against French colonialism.{{Cite news |title=سيرة والد الجولاني بقلمه |trans-title=Biography of Al-Julani's father written by him |url=https://aljumhuriya.net/ar/2024/09/10/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87/ |date=10 September 2024 |access-date=13 December 2024 |website=Al-jumhuriya |language=ar |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241213081623/https://aljumhuriya.net/ar/2024/09/10/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87/ |archive-date=13 December 2024 |url-status=live}} The family were displaced in 1967 after the Israeli occupation during the Six-Day War.{{Cite web |title=The Jihadist |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-jihadist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607035634/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-jihadist/ |date=1 June 2021 |archive-date=7 June 2021 |access-date=7 June 2021 |website=PBS}}
Contrary to some news reports,{{cite news |title=مصادر: الجولاني قريب فاروق الشرع.. درس الفقه على يد عالم دمشقي في المزة |url=https://www.enabbaladi.net/94772/مصادر-الجولاني-قريب-فاروق-الشرع-درس-ا |access-date=16 December 2024 |website=Enab Baladi |date=28 July 2016 |language=ar |trans-title=Sources: Al-Julani is a relative of Farouk al-Sharaa. He studied jurisprudence at the hands of a Damascene scholar in Mezzeh}}{{cite news |title=قائد الإدارة الجديدة في سوريا التقى فاروق الشرع ودعاه لحوار وطني |trans-title=The leader of the new administration in Syria met Farouk al-Sharaa and invited him for a national dialogue | url=https://aawsat.com/العالم-العربي/المشرق-العربي/5094075-قائد-الإدارة-الجديدة-في-سوريا-التقى-فاروق-الشرع-ودعاه-لحوار |access-date=22 December 2024 |website=Asharq Al-Awsat |date=22 December 2024 |language=ar}} he is not related to Farouk al-Sharaa.{{Cite web |title=Syria: HTS-leader may invite ex-vice president Farouk al-Sharaa to National Dialogue Conference |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/syria-hts-leader-may-ask-ex-vice-president-national-dialogue |date=23 December 2024 |access-date=10 May 2025 |last=Ali |first=Adnan |website=The New Arab |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241223181938/https://www.newarab.com/news/syria-hts-leader-may-ask-ex-vice-president-national-dialogue |archive-date=23 December 2024 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Farouk al-Sharaa Returns to the Forefront of Syrian Politics After He Was Sidelined at the Start of the Revolution |url=https://syrianobserver.com/syrian-actors/farouk-al-sharaa-returns-to-the-forefront-of-syrian-politics-after-he-was-sidelined-at-the-start-of-the-revolution.html |date=24 December 2024 |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=The Syrian Observer |publisher=Shaam News Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241224071106/https://syrianobserver.com/syrian-actors/farouk-al-sharaa-returns-to-the-forefront-of-syrian-politics-after-he-was-sidelined-at-the-start-of-the-revolution.html |archive-date=24 December 2024 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Jabhat Al-Nusra and Al-Golani, signs of formation |url=https://www.mena-researchcenter.org/jabhat-al-nusra-and-al-golani-signs-of-formation/ |date=14 January 2024 |access-date=10 May 2025 |last=Al-Romoh |first=Ahmad |website=MENA Research Center |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223112626/https://www.mena-researchcenter.org/jabhat-al-nusra-and-al-golani-signs-of-formation/ |archive-date=23 February 2024 |url-status=live}}
Hussein al-Sharaa was an Arab nationalist student activist for the Nasserists in Syria. He was imprisoned by Syrian neo-Ba'athists during the anti-Nasserist purges initiated after the 1961 and 1963 coup d'états, which broke up the United Arab Republic and propelled the Arab Socialist Ba'ath party to power. Al-Sharaa later escaped prison to complete his higher studies in Iraq in 1971. During this period, he travelled to Jordan to co-operate with the Palestinian fedayeen of the Palestine Liberation Organization. After returning to Syria in the 1970s, then under Hafez al-Assad's rule, he was again imprisoned before being released and finding asylum in Saudi Arabia. He wrote several political books.{{cite web |title=والده خبير اقتصادي وكاتب له عدة مؤلفات.. معلومات تنشر لأول مرة عن أسرة أبو محمد الجولاني |trans-title=His father is an economist and author of several books.. Information published for the first time about the family of Abu Mohammad al-Julani |url=https://almasdaronline.com/articles/194556 |website=Al-Masdar Online |lang=ar |date=1 June 2020 |access-date=9 April 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250409213244/https://almasdaronline.com/articles/194556 |archive-date=9 April 2025 |url-status=live}}
He is a graduate in economics from the University of Baghdad.
Books
He has published numerous books in Arabic on regional economic development, particularly focusing on natural resources and their potential contribution to education, agriculture, and military advancement.{{Cite web |date=22 June 2021 |title=Syria war: Inside the world of HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/syria-war-hts-leader-jolani-inside-world |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206154745/https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/syria-war-hts-leader-jolani-inside-world |archive-date=6 December 2024 |website=Middle East Eye |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=سيرة ذاتية تفسر التحولات: من داخل عوالم زعيم هيئة تحرير الشام أبي محمد الجولاني |trans-title=A Biography Explaining the Transformations: Inside the Worlds of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Leader Abu Muhammad al-Julani |url=https://www.syria.tv/سيرة-ذاتية-تفسر-التحولات-من-داخل-عوالم-زعيم-هيئة-تحرير-الشام-أبي-محمد-الجولاني |date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241209205659/https://www.syria.tv/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%84-%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%B2%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A6%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A |archive-date=2024-12-09 |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Syria TV |language=ar |url-status=live}}
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