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Arnous Riviere
Arnous may refer to: *Hussein Arnous (born 1953), Syrian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Syria *Jules Arnous de Rivière (1830–1905), French chess player See also *Arnoux {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussein Arnous
Hussein Arnous ( ar, حسين عرنوس, Ḥusain ʿArnūs; born 1953) is a Syrian politician who has served as prime minister of Syria since 11 June 2020. Arnous's appointment was announced by state media shortly after it was reported that President Bashar al-Assad had fired previous prime minister Imad Khamis amid a worsening economic crisis. Early life and education Arnous was born in the village of Al-Tah in the Ma'arrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib. In 1978, he earned a degree in civil engineering from the University of Aleppo. Career After graduating from university, Arnous worked with the Idlib Engineering Syndicate. From 1992 to 2002, he managed the General Company for Roads and Bridges. In 2004, Arnous was selected to serve as executive director of the General Establishment for Road Transport. He then served as governor of Deir ez-Zor and Quneitra governorates. In 2014, Arnous was included on a list of Syrian government ministers barred from entering the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Arnous De Rivière
Jules Arnous de Rivière (4 May 1830, Nantes – 11 September 1905, Paris) was the strongest French chess player from the late 1850s through the late 1870s. He is best known today for playing many games with Paul Morphy when the American champion visited Paris in 1858 and 1863. Born in Nantes to a French father William Henri Arnous-Rivière and an English mother Marie Tobin, he awarded himself the nobiliary particle "de". Arnous-Rivière finished 6th of 13 in the Paris 1867 chess tournament, 1867 Paris international tournament organized in conjunction with the Exposition Universelle (1867), Exposition Universelle. Although he finished well below the strongest foreign masters, he was ahead of fellow Parisian, Polish-born, Samuel Rosenthal. Arnous-Rivière had success in some minor tournaments in Paris: 3rd in 1880, 2nd= in 1881, 2nd in 1882–3, and 3rd in the Café de la Régence tournament of 1896. Arnous-Rivière fared poorly in his casual games against Morphy, but did well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
