Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji

Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
Minister of Local Administration
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 September 2008
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Mohammad Najji Outri 2008-2011) Adel Safar(2011-present)
Preceded by	Hammoud al-Hussein
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 56–57) Tartous Governorate, Syria
Children	four
Alma mater	Tishreen University

Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (born 1954) is the current Minister of Local Administration for Syria, serving since 2011. He previously served as the Minister of Housing and Construction.

Early life, education and career

Ghalawanji was born in the Tartous Governorate in 1954. He earned a degree in civil engineering from the Tishreen University in 1978.

• Director of a number of the Military Housing Establishment's directorates, 1978-2000
• Deputy Chairman of Lattakia City Council, 1997-2000
• Director of the General Housing Establishment
• Member of the Advisory Committee of the Arab Housing Ministers Council
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Arab Union Contracting Company

Personal life

Ghalawanji is married and has three daughters and a son.

See also

• Cabinet of Syria

References

• Minister of Local Administration Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji, SANA
• Biography of the new Syrian government 2011 - the names and lives of government ministers, Syria FM, 17 April 2011

External links

• Ministry of Local Administration official government website

Persondata
Name	Ghalawanji, Omar Ibrahim
Alternative names
Short description	Minister of Local Administration for Syria
Date of birth	1954
Place of birth	Tartous Governorate, Syria
Date of death
Place of death