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Hilal Al Atrash
Minister of Local Administration
In office
December 2000 – April 2009
PresidentBashar Assad
Prime MinisterMohammed Mustafa Mero
Succeeded byTamer Al Hijeh
Personal details
NationalitySyrian
Political partySyrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

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

Career

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Atrash is an engineer by training.[1] In November 2000, he was appointed governor of the Quneitra province, which was his first governorship.[2] He was a member of the Baath party, being part of the reformist wing.[3] 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's death.[4][5] Atrash's term ended in a cabinet reshuffle in April 2009 and he was succeeded by Tamer Al Hijeh.[6] Then he was named Syrian ambassador to Libya.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Establishment of Urban Observatories in Syria". UN Habitat. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Intelligence Briefs: Syria". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 2 (10). November 2000. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  3. ^ Moubayed, Sami (26 May – 1 June 2005). "The faint smell of jasmine". Al Ahram Weekly. 744. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  4. ^ "The Government". Reuters. 2000. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  5. ^ "New Syrian Government Formed; Veteran Guards Retain Defence and Foreign Portfolios". Albawaba. 14 December 2001. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Syrian Cabinet Reshuffle". Carnegie Endowment. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Syria send ships to evacuate nationals from Libya". Xinhua. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2013.