Yousef Suleiman al Ahmad (born 1956) is a Syrian economist and politician. He is the former minister of state.

Early life and education

Ahmad was born in

Hasaka Al-Hasakah ( ar, ٱلْحَسَكَة, al-Ḥasaka; ku, Heseke/حەسەکە; syr, ܚܣܝܟܐ Hasake), is the capital city of the Al-Hasakah Governorate, in the northeastern corner of Syria. With a 2004 census population of 188,160, it is the e ...

in 1956. He earned a degree in economics 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 1990, and a degree from the Institute of Social Sciences in

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Career

Ahmad was a member of the People's Assembly in 1994, and deputy head of the financial laws committee. He has been a member of the Politburo of the

Syrian Communist Party The Syrian Communist Party ( ar, الحزب الشيوعي السوري, translit=al-Ḥizb aš-Šuyūʿī as-Sūrī) was a political party in Syria founded in 1924. It became a member of the National Progressive Front in 1972. The party spli ...

since 1995. He served as minister of state in charge of administrative development affairs.

Sanctions

The UK government included Ahmad in the list of Syrian individuals on 26 March 2013 whose assets were frozen.

References

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