Abdul-Razzaq Sheikh Issa Explained

Abdul-Razzaq Sheikh Issa عبد الرزاق شيخ عيسى
Office:	Minister of Higher Education
President:	Bashar al-Assad
Primeminister:	Adel Safar
Term Start:	14 April 2011
Term End:	23 June 2012
Predecessor:	Ghiath Barakat
Successor:	incumbent
Birth Place:	Damascus, Syria
Alma Mater:	University of Lyon
Children:	five

Abdul-Razzaq Sheikh Issa (Arabic: عبد الرزاق شيخ عيسى) (born 1955) is the current president of Syrian Private University and a former Minister of Higher Education for Syria, serving from April 14, 2011, till June 23, 2012 .

Early life, education and career

Issa was born in Damascus in 1955.

• PhD in the Physiology of Digestion, 1988
• Diploma in Intensive Studies of Nutrition
• Awarded the Order of Academic Palms from France
• Secretary of Medicine Faculty, Damascus University, 1996-200
• Assistant Higher Education Minister, 2006-2008

Personal life

Issa is married and has five children, two daughters and three sons.

See also

• Cabinet of Syria

References

• Minister of Higher Education Abdul-Razzaq Sheikh Issa, SANA
• Biography of the new Syrian government 2011 - the names and lives of government ministers, Syria FM, 17 April 2011

External links

• Ministry of Higher Education official government website
• Undergraduate Admission official government website
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140222020054/http://www.spu.edu.sy/SiteMap/Home/About/UniversityCouncil/tabid/70/language/en-US/Default.aspx "Syrian Private University Website"