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Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
عمر ابراهيم غلاونجي
Prime Minister of Syria
Acting
In office
6 August 2012 – 9 August 2012
PresidentBashar Al-Assad
Preceded byRiyad Farid Hijab
Succeeded byWael Nader al-Halqi
Deputy Prime Minister for Service Affairs
In office
23 June 2012 – 22 June 2016
Prime MinisterAdel Safar
Riyad Farid Hijab
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Minister of Local Administration
In office
14 April 2011 – 22 June 2016
Prime MinisterAdel Safar
Riyad Farid Hijab
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Preceded byHammoud al-Hussein
Succeeded byHussein Makhlouf
Personal details
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Tartus, Syria
Political partyIndependent[1]
Alma materTishreen University

Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (Arabic: عمر ابراهيم غلاونجي, romanized: 'Umar Ibrāhīm Ğalāwanjī; born 1954) is a Syrian politician who was the caretaker Prime Minister of Syria in August 2012, following the defection of Riyad Farid Hijab.

Early life and education

Ghalawanji was born in 1954 to a Sunni family residing in the Tartus Governorate.[2] He earned a degree in civil engineering from the Tishreen University in 1978.

Career

Ghalawanji was the director of a number of the Military Housing Establishment's directorates from 1978 to 2000. He was also the deputy chairman of Lattakia City Council from 1997 to 2000. He served as the director of the General Housing Establishment, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Arab Housing Ministers Council and of the Board of Directors of the Arab Union Contracting Company.

Prime Minister

On 6 August 2012, Ghalawanji was announced as the head of a Syrian caretaker government, succeeding prime minister Riyad Farid Hijab.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "أول رئيس حكومة"غير بعثي"منذ 1963...مصدر رفيع لسيريانديز:غلاونجي باق في الفترة القادمة" [The first Prime Minister since 1963 not to belong to the Ba'ath Party ... A senior source to SyrianDays: Ghalawanji will remain for the next period.] (in Arabic). syriandays.com. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Syria Designations; Non-proliferation Designations". US Department of the Treasury. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Syrian prime minister joins opposition". Al Jazeera. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
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