Hilal Al Atrash is a Syrian engineer and politician who served as minister of local administration and environment from 2001 to 2009.

Career

Atrash is an engineer by training. In November 2000, he was appointed governor of the Quneitra province, which was his first governorship. He was a member of the Baath party, being part of the reformist wing. He was appointed minister of local administration on 13 December 2000 to the cabinet headed by then prime minister Mohammed Mustafa Mero, which was reshuffled after

Hafez Assad Hafez al-Assad ', , (, 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman and military officer who served as President of Syria from taking power in 1971 until his death in 2000. He was also Prime Minister of Syria from 1970 to 197 ...

's death. Atrash's term ended in a cabinet reshuffle in April 2009 and he was succeeded by Tamer Al Hijeh. Then he was named Syrian ambassador to

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