Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar
{{Short description|Syrian politician (born 1956)}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
| name = Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar
محمد نضال الشعار
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| office1 = Minister of Economy and Industry
| president1 = Ahmed al-Sharaa
| term_start1 = 29 March 2025
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| predecessor1 = Office established
Basel Abdul Hannan (as Minister for Economy and Foreign Trade)
| president2 = Bashar al-Assad
| primeminister2 = Adel Safar
| term_start2 = 14 April 2011
| term_end2 = 23 June 2012
| predecessor2 = Lamia Assi
| successor2 = Mohammed Dhafer Mahbek
| office3 = Member of the People's Council of Syria
| president3 = Bashar al-Assad
| primeminister3 =
| term_start3 = 2003
| term_end3 = 2007
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956}}
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| alma_mater = University of Aleppo (BA)
George Washington University (PhD)
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| children = Two
| office2 = Minister for Economy and Foreign Trade
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Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar ({{langx|ar|محمد نضال الشعار}}) who serves as the Minister of Economy and Industry for Syria since 29 March 2025 as part of the Syrian transitional government.{{Cite web |date=30 March 2025 |title=President al-Sharaa announces formation of the New Government: We are witnessing the birth of a new phase in our national process |url=https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=350809 |access-date=29 March 2025 |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |language=en}} He had previously served as Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade in the Adel Safar government.
Early life, education and career
Al-Shaar was born in the Aleppo in 1956. He earned a B.A. degree from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Aleppo in 1980, and a Ph.D. in economics from the George Washington University.
From 1996 to 2001 he was a professor in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Aleppo.
See also
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110805061055/http://www.sana.sy/eng/article/233.htm Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar], SANA
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120620132222/http://www.fmsyria.com/view-1793.html Biography of the new Syrian government 2011 - the names and lives of government ministers], Syria FM, 17 April 2011
External links
- [http://www.gfto.gov.sy/ General Foreign Trade Organization] official government website
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Category:University of Aleppo alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Aleppo
Category:Ministers of economy of Syria
Category:Members of the People's Assembly of Syria
Category:Columbian College of Arts and Sciences alumni
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