Bashar Jaafari, also Ja'afari, ( ar, بشار الجعفري) (born April 14, 1956) is the former Permanent Representative of the

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to the

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Headquarters in

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. His qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts and French literature, a Diploma of Higher Studies in translation and Arabization 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 ...

, a Diploma of International Political Relations from the International Institute of Public Administration, Diploma of Higher Studies in International Organization's Management and a Doctorate 3rd cycle in political science from the University of Sceaux, State Doctorate in political science from the

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and a State Doctorate in History of Islamic Civilization in South East Asia from the University of Sharif Hedayatullah.

Diplomatic career

Jaafari began his career in 1980 as a diplomat in the Syrian Foreign Ministry. He served as a diplomat in France, until 1983 to the embassy's secretary and adviser to the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations in 1991. He later returned to France, appointed as adviser at the Syrian embassy in Paris in 1997. He was also appointed as the Syrian ambassador to Indonesia in 1998 and as director of the International Organizations Department at the Syrian Foreign Ministry in 2002. On 22 November 2020, Jaafari became the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Personal life

Jafaari is married with three children. He is fluent in

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, French and

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Books

* The Lobbies in the U.S.A (Damascus, 1983) * The Syrian Foreign Affairs 1946–1982 (Damascus, 1986) * The United Nations and the New World Order (Damascus, 1994) * Moslem High Priests of the Far East "Historical Saga on the Way Islam Entered and Spread into the Malay Archipelago (Damascus, 2003) * The Syrian Politics of Alliances 1918–1982 (Damascus, 2015)

Legal actions

He sued his daughter Yara's former husband the actor

Mustafa El Khani Mustafa El Khani ( ar, مصطفى الخاني) (born 1 January 1979 in Damascus) is a Syrian actor with Kurdish roots. El Khani graduated from the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts in Damascus. He played leading roles in several TV series for ...

in 2017 accusing him of defamation and libel after he accused his son Amir of attacking a police detachment in

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in a post on

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