Hilal Al Atrash is a Syrian engineer and politician who served as minister of local administration and environment from 2001 to 2009.
Hilal Al Atrash | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Local Administration | |
| In office December 2000 – April 2009 | |
| President | Bashar Assad |
| Prime Minister | Mohammed Mustafa Mero |
| Succeeded by | Tamer Al Hijeh |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Syrian |
| Political party | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Career edit
Atrash is an engineer by training.[1] In November 2000, he was appointed governor of the Quneitra province, which was his first governorship.[2] He was a member of the Baath party, being part of the reformist wing.[3] He was appointed minister of local administration on 13 December 2000 to the cabinet headed by then prime minister Mohammed Mustafa Mero, which was reshuffled after Hafez Assad's death.[4][5] Atrash's term ended in a cabinet reshuffle in April 2009 and he was succeeded by Tamer Al Hijeh.[6] Then he was named Syrian ambassador to Libya.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Establishment of Urban Observatories in Syria". UN Habitat. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Intelligence Briefs: Syria". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 2 (10). November 2000. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ Moubayed, Sami (26 May – 1 June 2005). "The faint smell of jasmine". Al Ahram Weekly. 744. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "The Government". Reuters. 2000. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "New Syrian Government Formed; Veteran Guards Retain Defence and Foreign Portfolios". Albawaba. 14 December 2001. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "Syrian Cabinet Reshuffle". Carnegie Endowment. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Syria send ships to evacuate nationals from Libya". Xinhua. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
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