Muhammad Naji al-Otari
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| Muhammad Naji al-Otari محمد ناجي عطريس | |
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| Assumed office 10 September 2003 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Mustafa Mero |
| Born | 1944 Aleppo, Syria |
| Political party | ASBP |
Muhammad Naji al-Otari (Arabic: محمد ناجي عطري transliteration: Muḥammad Nājī al-`Uṭrī also Etri, Itri and Otri) (born 1944) is the current prime minister of Syria. He has been Prime Minister since 10 September 2003.
[edit] Career
Born in Syria's second largest city Aleppo in 1944, al-Otari is a long-serving member of the ruling Baath Party. He studied architecture and has a diploma in town planning from the Netherlands. He is fluent in French and English. He headed the city council in Aleppo from 1983 to 1987 and is a former governor of Homs. He was also president of Aleppo's engineering association from 1989 to 1993.
In March 2000 he became a member of the Baath Party's Central Committee and in June 2000 of the party's influential Regional Command. In March 2000 he was also appointed deputy prime minister for services affairs. He was elected speaker of the Syrian parliament, or People's Assembly, in March 2003.
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