Maher Jamal
{{Short description|Syrian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
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|office = Minister of Oil and Mineral Reserves
|primeminister = {{ubl|Mahmoud Zuabi |Mohammad Mustafa Mero}}
|president = {{ubl|Hafez al-Assad |Bashar al-Assad}}
|term_start = 3 July 1996
|term_end = 13 December 2001
|predecessor = Nader Nabulsi
|successor = Ibrahim Haddad
|birth_name = Mohammad Maher bin Husni Jamal
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|party = Independent
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Maher Jamal is a Syrian engineer and politician who served as oil minister of Syria between 1996 and 2001.
Career
Jamal is an oil engineer by profession. He served as chairman of al Furat Petroleum Cooperation from January to July 1996. He was appointed minister of petroleum and mineral resources in a cabinet reshuffle on 3 July 1996.{{cite news|title=Sufian 'Allaw|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SYRIA+-+Sufian+'Allaw.-a0223297959|accessdate=12 March 2013|newspaper=APS Review Oil Market Trends|date=29 March 2010}}{{cite book|title=A Political Chronology of the Middle East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eCSOT0_JAnwC&pg=PA2038|year=2012|publisher=Europa Publications|isbn=978-1-135-35673-6|page=2037|location=London}} Jamal replaced Nader Nabulsi as oil minister in the cabinet led by Mahmoud Zuabi.{{cite news|title=Part 2 - The Oil & Gas Fields|work=APS Review Oil Market Trends|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SYRIA+-+Part+2+-+The+Oil+%26+Gas+Fields%3A.-a0114373040|access-date=12 March 2013|date=8 March 2004}} Jamal continued to serve as oil minister in the next cabinet headed by Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa Mero, which was formed on 13 March 2000.{{cite news|title=Bashar Assad|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SYRIA+-+Bashar+Al+Assad.-a073444743|accessdate=15 April 2013|work=APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy|date=26 March 2001}}{{cite news|title=Profile - Mohammed Maher bin Husni Jamal|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SYRIA+-+Profile+-+Mohammed+Maher+Bin+Husni+Jamal.-a060304868|access-date=12 March 2013|work=APS Review Oil Market Trends|date=20 March 2000}} Jamal's tenure lasted until December 2001 when he was replaced by Ibrahim Haddad.{{cite news|author=Thanaa Imam|title=Syria's new 34-member cabinet formed|date=13 December 2001 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A440405440/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=92bb96b6|access-date=21 January 2024|work=United Press International|location=Damascus}}
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Category:21st-century Syrian engineers
Category:21st-century Syrian politicians
Category:20th-century Syrian engineers
Category:Oil and mineral reserves ministers of Syria
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)