Mohammad al-Hussein
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{{short description|Syrian politician}}
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|name = Mohammad al-Hussein
محمد الحسين
|office = Minister of Finance
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|predecessor = Mohammad al-Atrash
|president = Bashar al-Assad
|primeminister = Muhammad Naji al-Otari
|successor = Mohammad al Jililati
|office2 = Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
|party = Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
|office1 = Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs
|predecessor1 = Khalid Raad
|president1 = Bashar al-Assad
|primeminister1 = Muhammad Mustafa Mero
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|term_start = 18 September 2003
|term_end = 14 April 2011
|term_start1 = 13 December 2001
|term_end1 = 10 September 2003
|term_start2 = 21 June 2000
|term_end2 = 8 July 2013
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Mohammad al-Hussein ({{langx|ar|محمد الحسين}}) is a Syrian economist and politician who is a member of the Ba'ath Party. He served in different cabinet positions.
Education
Hussein holds a PhD in economy, which he received from a university in Romania.
Career
Hussein started his career in the public sector and worked for a long time there.{{cite journal|last=Hinnebusch|first=Raymond|title=The Ba'th Party in Post-Ba'thist Syria: President, Party and the Struggle for 'Reform'|journal=Middle East Critique|year=2011|volume=20|issue=2|pages=109–125|doi=10.1080/19436149.2011.572408|s2cid=144573563}} He also served as an economy professor at Aleppo University.{{cite journal|last=Bar|first=Shmuel|title=Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview|journal=IPS|year=2006|url=http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_Uploads/2590Bashars.pdf|access-date=12 March 2013}} Then he became a member of the Baath Party's ruling regional command. In addition, he served as the head of the party's committee of economic affairs. In 2000, he became a member of the party's central committee.{{cite book|author=Bruce Maddy-Weitzman|title=Middle East Contemporary Survey, Vol. 24, 2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r01_GDIeTuUC&pg=PA558|year=2002|publisher=The Moshe Dayan Center|isbn=978-965-224-054-5|pages=558}}{{cite journal|last=Moubayed|first=Sami|title=Syria: Reform or Repair?|journal=Arab Reform Bulletin|date=July 2005|volume=3|issue=6|url=http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/Full_Issue3.pdf|access-date=8 March 2013}}
On 13 December 2001, Hussein was appointed deputy prime minister for economic affairs in the cabinet headed by then prime minister Mohammad Mustafa Mero.{{cite web|title=Syria|url=http://www.thewednesdayreport.com/twr/syria/syria.htm|publisher=The Wednesday Report|access-date=24 February 2013}} Hussein replaced Khalid Raad as deputy prime minister.{{cite news|title=Profile - Dr. Mohammed Al Hussain|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SYRIA+-+Profile+-+Dr.+Mohammed+Al+Hussain.-a084966819|access-date=9 March 2013|newspaper=APS Review Downstream Trends|date=15 April 2002}} Hussein's term lasted until 2003. In September 2003, he was appointed finance minister, replacing Mohammad al-Atrash.{{cite web|title=Syria|url=http://www.medea.be/en/countries/syria/syria/|work=MEDEA|access-date=24 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909232153/http://www.medea.be/en/countries/syria/syria/|archive-date=9 September 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Events in September 2003|url=http://rulers.org/2003-09.html|publisher=Rulers|access-date=9 February 2013}}{{cite news|title=New cabinet formed in Syria|url=http://www.albawaba.com/news/new-cabinet-formed-syria|access-date=24 February 2013|newspaper=Albawaba|date=18 September 2003}} The cabinet, formed on 18 September 2003, was headed by then prime minister Mohammad Naji Al Otari.{{cite news|title=Mohammad Naji Al Otari|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SYRIA+-+Muhammad+Naji+Al-Utri.-a0143693376|access-date=24 February 2013|newspaper=Free Library}}{{cite news|title=Syria's PM appoints new cabinet|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3120184.stm|access-date=24 February 2013|publisher=BBC|date=18 September 2003}} Hussein retained his post in the cabinet reshuffles of 2006 and 2009.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} However, his tenure ended in 2011.{{cite news|title=Tax system performance in Syria |url=http://bara-sy.com/news-view-1002.html |work=Bara |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606202715/http://bara-sy.com/news-view-1002.html |archive-date=6 June 2014 }}
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Category:Members of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
Category:20th-century Syrian economists
Category:Academic staff of the University of Aleppo
Category:Ministers of finance of Syria
Category:Deputy prime ministers of Syria