Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar

Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar
Minister of Economy and Trade
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 April 2011
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Adel Safar
Preceded by	Diyala AlHaj Aref
Member of the People's Council of Syria
In office 2003–2007
President	Bashar al-Assad
Personal details
Born	1956 (age 54–55) Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Children	two
Alma mater	University of Aleppo

Dr. Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar (born 1956) is the current Minister of Economy and Trade for Syria, serving since 2011.

Early life, education and career

Al-Shaar was born in the Aleppo Governorate in 1962. 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.

Personal life

Al-Shaar is married and has a daughter and a son.

See also

• Cabinet of Syria

References

• Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar, SANA
• Biography of the new Syrian government 2011 - the names and lives of government ministers, Syria FM, 17 April 2011

External links

• Ministry of Economy and Trade official government website
• General Foreign Trade Organization official government website

Persondata
Name	Al-Shaar, Mohammad Nidal
Alternative names
Short description	Minister of Economy and Trade for Syria
Date of birth	1956
Place of birth	Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Date of death
Place of death