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Ministry Of Finance (Syria)
The Ministry of Finance is a department of the Syrian Government. Responsibilities It is a ministry that deals with the preparation of the state's financial policies, the supervision of their implementation by monitoring and collecting public revenues to the state treasury, the supervision of the payment of state expenditures and organizations, and the preparation of the state budget. He is also responsible for managing public debt in cooperation with the Central Bank of Syria. Ministers * Said Choucair, 1918-1920 * Fares al-Khoury, 1920 * Hamdi Al-Nasr, 1920-1922 * Mohammed Ali Bey al-Abed, 1922-1925 * Jalal Zuhdi, 1925-1926 * Shaker Nemat Al-Shabani, 1926 * Abdul Qadir Al-Azm, 1926 * Hamdi Al-Nasr, 1926-1928 * Jamil al-Ulshi, 1928-1931 * Tawfiq Shamia, 1931-1932 *Jamil Mardam, 1932-1933 * Shakir Al-Shabani, 1933-1934 * Hinri Hindia, 1934-1936 * Edmond Al-Homsi, 1936 * Shukri al-Quwwatli, 1936-1938 * Lutfi al-Haffar, 1938 * Fayez al-Khoury, 1939-1939 * Muhammad Khalil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Syria
Government of the Syrian Arab Republic is the union government created by the constitution of Syria where by the President of Syria, president is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Syria, prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Syria has a People's Assembly of Syria, legislative council with 250 members. The country has been in a Syrian civil war, civil war since 2011 against various domestic and foreign forces that oppose both the Syrian government and each other, in varying combinations. The seat of the government is located in Damascus, Syria. Administration The executive branch consists of the president, two Vice President of Syria, vice presidents, the prime minister, and the Council of Ministers of Syria, Council of Ministers (cabinet). The constitution requires the president to be a Muslim. , List of heads of state of Syria, President , Bashar al-Assad , Ba'ath Party (Syrian-led faction), Ba'ath Party , 17 July 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamil Mardam
Jamil Mardam Bey ( ota, جميل مردم بك; tr, Cemil Mardam Bey; 1895–1960), was a Syrian politician. He was born in Damascus to a prominent aristocratic family. He is a descendant of the Ottoman general, statesman and Grand Vizier Lala Mustafa Pasha and the penultimate Mamluk ruler Qansuh al Ghuri. He studied at the school of Political Science in Paris and it was there that his political career started. Early political life Al-Fatat was a secret society founded in response to the nationalist agenda of the Young Turks Revolution in 1908, that gave priority to Turks above other citizens of the Ottoman Empire. Jamil Mardam Bey along with a small group of other students in Paris joined al-Fatat in 1911. The society called on Arab and Turkish citizens to remain united within the Ottoman framework, but claimed that Arabs should have rights and obligations equal to their Turkish counterparts. Mardam Bey helped organise the Arab Congress of 1913 in Paris, bringing together ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Said Ghazzi
Said Al-Ghazzi ( ar, سعيد الغزي; 11 June 1893 – 18 September 1967) was a Syrian lawyer, politician and two time prime minister of Syria. He was born in Damascus. Early life Said belonged to the prominent al-Ghazzi family, which was established in Damascus since the 14th century and which historically provided the leadership of the Shafi'i madhhab (school of law) and produced dozens of noted scholars over the centuries. In the late 19th and early 20th century members of the family consistently held a seat in the municipal council and became increasingly involved in politics. Sa'id's great-grandfather Umar was the mufti of the Shafi'is and was considered by a biographer to be the most preeminent of the notables of Damascus in his lifetime. He was implicated in the 1860 massacres of Christians in the city and imprisoned in Cyprus where he died the following year. Sa'id's eponymous grandfather voluntarily accompanied his father Umar but nothing more is heard of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naim Antaki
Naim Antaki (Arabic: نعيم أنطاكي) (1971 - 1903), was a Syrian politician who served as foreign minister and finance minister of Syria in 1940s. Background He was born in Aleppo in 1903 to a wealthy family. he studied law at American University of Beirut and University of Paris , image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and a .... Career He joined the National coalition in 1932 and served as minister of foreign affairs twice and minister of finance once in 1940s. References Members of the People's Assembly of Syria People from Aleppo 20th-century Syrian politicians Greek Orthodox Christians from Syria Syrian ministers of finance Foreign ministers of Syria 1903 births 1971 deaths Syrian Christians {{Syria-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Al-Azm
Khalid al-Azm ( ar, خالد العظم, Khālid al-Aẓim; 11 June 1903 – 18 November 1965) was a Syrian national leader and five-time interim Prime Minister, as well as Acting President from 4 April to 16 September 1941. He was a member of one of the most prominent political families in Syria, al-Azm (also known as Alazem or Al Azem), and the son of an Ottoman minister of religious affairs. Career He graduated from the University of Damascus in 1923 with a degree in law, and joined the city government in 1925. At this time he also actively ran his family's estates throughout the country. In the 1930s, he became close associates with leading members of the anti-French National Bloc coalition such as future presidents Hashim al-Atassi and Shukri al-Kuwatli. He remained a longtime supporter of the former, but often quarreled with the latter, whom he accused of being too authoritarian. In 1941 the French appointed him Prime Minister and Acting President, having had no success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustafa Al-Shihabi
Prince Mustafa Al-Shihabi ( ar, الأمير مصطفى الشهابي; 1893 – 1968) was a Syrian agronomist, politician, writer and the third elected director of Arab Academy of Damascus (1959–1968). "Prince" title was only of a social background, with no real principality under his control. Biography Al-Shihabi was born in 1893 in Hasbaya in Ottoman Syria, in what is today Lebanon.Sami Moubayed, ''Steel and Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000'', pg. 120. Part of the Bridge between the cultures series. Cune Press, 2006. After getting his degree in agriculture from Paris, France in 1915, he initially resided in Istanbul while working for the Ministry of Agriculture of the Ottoman Government. During World War I, al-Shihabi joined the Arab Revolt in an attempt to free the Levant region from Ottoman Turkish control. In 1928, while serving as the director of the Syrian Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, al-Shihabi joined the National Bloc in opposition to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hosni Al-Bitar
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Hosni (also spelled Husni or Housni, ar, حسني or Persian: حُسنی) may refer to: Places * Husni, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province Given name * Husni al-Barazi, Syrian politician * Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian politician, fourth President of Egypt * Husni al-Za'im, Syrian politician, Syrian President and Prime Minister * Housni Mkouboi, French rapper * Housni Benslimane, senior Moroccan Gendarmerie officer Surname * Amad Al Hosni, Omani footballer * Dawood Hosni, Egyptian musician * Kamal Hosni, Egyptian singer and actor * Larbi Hosni, Algerian footballer * Mustafa Hosni, Egyptian religious leader * Rachid Housni, Moroccan footballer See also * Hassan (other) * Hassoun Hassoun (see also Hasson) is a Hebrew surname (חסון) and an Arabic given name and surname (حسون). Arabic variants include Hassoun, Hassun, Hassouné, Hassouneh etc. It may refer to: Hassoun Given name * Hassoun Camara (born 1986), French f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Khalil Mudaris
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. He is believed to be the Seal of the Prophets within Islam. Muhammad united Arabia into a single Muslim polity, with the Quran as well as his teachings and practices forming the basis of Islamic religious belief. Muhammad was born approximately 570CE in Mecca. He was the son of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb. His father Abdullah was the son of Quraysh tribal leader Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, and he died a few months before Muhammad's birth. His mother Amina died when he was six, leaving Muhammad an orphan. He was raised under the care of his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, and paternal uncle, Abu Talib. In later years, he would periodically seclude himse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fayez Al-Khoury
Fayez al-Khoury (Arabic: فائز الخوري) (1959 - 1885), was a Syrian politician who served as foreign minister for two terms in 1930s and 40s. He also served twice as Minister of Finance. Background He was born was born to a Greek Orthodox Christian family from the village of Kfeir, Hasbaya District in modern-day Lebanon. He came with his older brother Faris al-Khoury to Damascus and then went to study law at the American University of Beirut, and then to the Institute of Law in Istanbul. Career He joined the National coalition in 1928 and served as foreign minister for term term in 1940s. He was also appointed the ambassador of Syria in Washington, D.C., London, and Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Khoury, Fayez F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutfi Al-Haffar
Lutfi al-Haffar ( ar, لطفي الحفار) (18 February 1885 – 4 February 1968) was a Syrian businessman and politician. He was a founding member of the National Bloc and served as 11th Prime Minister of Syria in 1939. Early career Al-Haffar was born into the wealthy merchant Damascene family of al-Haffar. His early career was mostly devoted to his family's business in trade. He joined the Damascus Chamber of Commerce in 1922, and became its deputy president in 1924. In 1923 in response to the water shortages in Damascus, al-Haffar established the Ayn al-Fijeh Waterworks Company, which pumped water from the Ayn al-Fijeh spring in the Ghouta area to the city of Damascus and constructed the first modern public water system in the city. The project was an immediate success, and allowed the water from the Barada river to be used for other purposes like irrigation. Political career French mandate Al-Haffar's involvement in politics came through his alliance with nationalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shukri Al-Quwwatli
Shukri al-Quwatli ( ar, شكري القوّتلي, Shukrī al-Quwwatlī; 6 May 189130 June 1967) was the first president of post-independence Syria. He began his career as a dissident working towards the independence and unity of the Ottoman Empire's Arab territories and was consequently imprisoned and tortured for his activism. When the Kingdom of Syria was established, Quwatli became a government official, though he was disillusioned with monarchism and co-founded the republican Independence Party. Quwatli was immediately sentenced to death by the French who took control over Syria in 1920. Afterward, he based himself in Cairo where he served as the chief ambassador of the Syrian-Palestinian Congress, cultivating particularly strong ties with Saudi Arabia. He used these connections to help finance the Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927). In 1930, the French authorities pardoned Quwatli and thereafter, he returned to Syria, where he gradually became a principal leader of the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
