Radwan al-Habib

{{Short description|Syrian public servant (born 1962)}}

{{Update|date=July 2012}}

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|name = Radwan al-Habib

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|office = Minister of Social Affairs and Labor

|primeminister = Adel Safar
Riyad Farid Hijab

|term_start = 14 April 2011

|term_end = 23 June 2012

|predecessor = Diyala AlHaj Aref

|successor = Jassim Zakaria

|office2 = Member of the People's Council of Syria

|president2 = Bashar al-Assad

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|term_start2 = 2003

|term_end2 = 2007

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|party = Baath Arab Socialist Party

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|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}}

|birth_place = Aleppo Governorate, Syria

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|alma_mater = University of Aleppo

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|children = four

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Radwan al-Habib (born 1962) is a Syrian politician who served as the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor for Syria between 2011 and 2012 and the minister of justice in 2012.

Early life, education and career

Al-Habib was born in the Aleppo Governorate in 1962. He earned a law degree from the University of Aleppo in 1986, a Diploma (Doctorate) in Advanced Studies in commercial law from the University of Poitiers in France, and a Ph.D. in corporate administration in 1997. He was a member of the People's Council of Syria for the Aleppo Governorate from 2003 to 2007 (8th assembly), and Vice President in the 9th assembly.

Al-Habib was a lecturer and later a faculty member of the Department (Faculty) of Law at the University of Aleppo. He was also a member of the Legal Office in the University of Aleppo branch of the Baath Arab Socialist Party.

Personal life

Al-Habib is married and has four children.

See also

References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110805061040/http://www.sana.sy/eng/article/237.htm Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Dr. Radwan al-Habib], SANA
  • [http://www.fmsyria.com/view-1793.html Biography of the new Syrian government 2011 - the names and lives of government ministers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620132222/http://www.fmsyria.com/view-1793.html |date=2012-06-20 }}, Syria FM, 17 April 2011