Lamia Assi

{{Infobox Politician

| honorific-prefix = HE

| name = Lamia Assi
لمياء عاصي

| image = Lamia Mari Aasi.jpeg

| caption = Lamia Assi in 2010

| office = Minister of Tourism

| president = Bashar al-Assad

| primeminister = Adel Safar

| term_start = 14 April 2011

| term_end = 23 June 2012

| predecessor = Sa’dalla Agha AlQall’a

| successor = Hala Al-Nasser

| office2 = Minister of Economy and Trade

| president2 = Bashar al-Assad

| primeminister2 = Muhammad Naji al-Otari

| term_start2 = 19 January 2010

| term_end2 = 29 March 2011

| predecessor2 = Amer Husni Lutfi

| successor2 = Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar

| office3 = Ambassador to Malaysia

| president3 = Bashar al-Assad

| term_start3 = 2004

| term_end3 = 2010

| predecessor3 = Amer Husni Lutfi

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| party = Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|12|27}}

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Lamia Assi ({{langx|ar|لمياء عاصي}}) (born December 27, 1955) became minister of tourism of Syria in 2011. She previously served as the Minister of Economy and Trade and as the Ambassador to Malaysia.

Early life and education

Assi was born on 17 December 1955. She earned a bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of Damascus, and a master of business administration from the Higher Institute of Business Administration in 2005.{{cite web|title=Lamia Assi|url=http://syrdrc.org/en/node/376|publisher=The Syrian Trust for Development|accessdate=10 March 2013}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Career

She served as assistant to the minister of finance for technology from 2002-2004, and was the ambassador to Malaysia from 2004 to 2010. In 2010, she was appointed minister of economy and trade for a brief period,{{cite news|last=Landis|first=Joshua|title=Syria's New Government|url=http://www.eurasiareview.com/17042011-syrias-new-government-analysis/|accessdate=10 March 2013|newspaper=Eurasia Review|date=17 April 2011}} and in 2011, she was appointed minister of tourism.