GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

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Pres.	Bashar al-ASAD
Vice Pres.	Farouk al-SHARA
Vice Pres.	Najah al-ATTAR
Prime Min.	Wael al-HALQI
Dep. Prime Min.	Fahd Jasim al-FURAYJ, Lt. Gen.
Dep. Prime Min.	Walid al-MUALEM
Dep. Prime Min. for Economic Affairs	Qadri JAMIL
Dep. Prime Min. for Services Affairs	Umar Ibrahim GHALAWANJI
Min. of Agriculture	Subhi Ahmad al-ABDALLAH
Min. of Culture	Lubanah MUSHAWEH
Min. of Defense	Fahd Jasim al-FURAYJ, Lt. Gen.
Min. of Domestic Trade & Consumer Protection	Qadri JAMIL
Min. of Economy & Foreign Trade	Muhammad Zafir MAHABIK
Min. of Education	Hazwan al-WAZZ
Min. of Electricity	Imad Muhammad Deeb KHAMIS
Min. of Finance	Muhammad al-JULAYLATI
Min. of Foreign & Expatriate Affairs	Walid al-MUALEM
Min. of Health	Wael Nader al-HALAQI
Min. of Higher Education	Muhammad Yahya MU'ALLA
Min. of Housing & Urban Development	Safwan al-ASSAF
Min. of Industry	Fuad Shukri KURDI
Min. of Information	Umran Ahid al-ZA'BI
Min. of the Interior	Muhammad Ibrahim al-SHA'AR
Min. of Justice	Radwan HABIB
Min. of Local Admin.	Umar Ibrahim GHALAWANJI
Min. of Petroleum & Mineral Wealth	Said Ma'za HANIDI
Min. of Presidential Affairs	Mansur Fadlallah AZZAM
Min. of Public Works	Yasser al-SIBA'I
Min. of Religious Endowments	Muhammad Abd al-Sattar al-SAYYID
Min. of Social Affairs & Labor	Jasim Muhammad ZAKARIYA
Min. of Telecommunication & Technology	Imad SABBUNI
Min. of Tourism	Hala Muhammad al-NASER
Min. of Transport	Mahmoud Ibrahim SAID
Min. of Water Resources	Bassam HANNA
Min. of State	Husayn Mahmoud FARZAT
Min. of State	Abdallah Khalil HUSAYN
Min. of State	Najm al-Din KHRIIT
Min. of State	Muhammad Turki al-SAYYID
Min. of State	Jamal Shaaban SHAHEEN
Min. of State	Joseph SUWAYD
Min. of State for Environmental Affairs	Nazira Farah SARKIS
Min. of State for National Reconciliation Affairs	Ali HAYDAR
Governor, Central Bank	Adib MAYALA
Ambassador to the US
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York	Bashar al-JAFARI

NOTE: The information regarding Syria on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Syria Chiefs of State 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Syria Chiefs of State 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.