Adel Safar ( ar, عادل سفر, ʿĀdil Safar, born 1953) is a

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

n politician and academic, who served as

Prime Minister of Syria The prime minister of Syria (Arabic: رئيس وزراء سوريا), formally titled the president of the Council of Ministers ( ar, رئيس مجلس الوزراء), is the head of government of the Syrian Arab Republic. Nomination The prime ...

from 14 April 2011 to 23 June 2012. His government was dissolved by

Bashar al-Assad Bashar Hafez al-Assad, ', Levantine pronunciation: ; (, born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the 19th president of Syria, since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the ...

as a result of the Syrian parliamentary election in 2012. He was Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform from 2003 to 2011.

Early life and education

Safar was born in the

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

countryside in

to a

Sunni Muslim Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word ''Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagree ...

family. He earned a degree in

Agronomy Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and ...

from the

University of Damascus The University of Damascus ( ar, جَامِعَةُ دِمَشْقَ, ''Jāmi‘atu Dimashq'') is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus and has campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 through ...

in 1977, a Diploma from the National School of Agronomy and Food Industries (ENSAIA) in

Nancy, France Nancy ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Nanzisch'' is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the northeastern Departments of France, French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was Lorraine and Barrois, an ...

in 1983, and a PhD in

Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...

from ENSAIA in 1987.Adel Safar
, Silobreaker

Early career

Summary:President al-Assad appointed Adel Safar as New PM
, '' DayPress News'', 4 April 2011 *Agricultural Engineer at the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD), 1978-1981 *Deputy lecturer at ENSAIA, 1981-1987 *Deputy Dean for Administrative Affairs at the Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus University, 1992-1997 *Member of the Permanent Committee for Agricultural Research at Damascus University, 1996-2001 *Deputy Rapporteur of the Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research and Veterinary Medicine at the Supreme Council of Sciences, 1997-2001 *Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus University, 1997-2000 *Member of the Advisory Committee of the Agricultural Productivity Administration at the Productive Projects Administration, 1999-2003 *Secretary of Damascus University Branch of Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, 2000-2002 *Head of the National Committee for Man and the Biosphere Program in Syria, 2000-2004 *Head of the Arab Network of Man and Biosphere Program in the Arab world, 2001-2004 *Director-General of ACSAD, 2002-2003 Safar is also a member of the Economic Committee and a member of the High Council for Investment. He has been a member of the Ba'ath Party since 1990.

Cabinet of Syria

In September 2003, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform in the cabinet of

Muhammad Naji al-Otari Muhammad Naji al-Otari ( ar, محمد ناجي عطري also ''Etri'', ''Itri'' and ''Otri'') (born 1944) is a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister of Syria from 2003 to 2011.Bashar al-Assad Bashar Hafez al-Assad, ', Levantine pronunciation: ; (, born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the 19th president of Syria, since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the ...

Personal life

Safar is married with four children.

References

External links

Council of Ministers
''official government website''

at ''

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