Adnan Hassan Mahmoud ( ar, عدنان حسن محمود, born 1966) is the former minister of information of

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 ...

Early life and education

Mahmoud was born in

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in 1966. He earned a bachelor's degree in media arts 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 1988 and master's degree in public information st the department of information of the University of Cairo in 1996 and a PhD in media again from the University of Cairo in 2003.

Career

Mahmoud was a faculty member at the department of media of Damascus University. He participated in several Arab and international conferences and symposia, specialized media, and provided research and applied studies and worked as a reporter for radio and television and director of the office of the tongue in

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from 1996 to 2002. He was general manager and chief editor of the

Syrian Arab News Agency The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) ( ar, الوكالة العربية السورية للأنباء (سانا), ) is a Syrian state-controlled news agency, linked to the country's ministry of information. It was established in June 1965. We ...

from 2004 until his appointment as information minister in April 2006. He succeeded

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as minister. After leaving office, Mahmoud was appointed Syria's ambassador to

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in December 2012.

Sanctions

Mahmoud was sanctioned by the United Kingdom on 2 August 2011, targeting his financial assets in the country.

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also sanctioned him on 23 September 2011, stating he was "associated with the Syrian regime, including by supporting and promoting its information policy."

Personal life

Mahmoud is married with three children

References

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