Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni Explained

Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni عماد عبد الغني الصابوني
Office:	Minister of Communications and Technology
Primeminister:	Mohammad Najji Outri Adel Safar Riyad Farid Hijab Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji Wael Nader al-Halqi
Term Start:	8 December 2007
Term End:	27 August 2014
Predecessor:	Amr Nazir Salem
Successor:	Mohammed Ghazi Al-Jalali
Birth Place:	Damascus, Syria
Party:	Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Children:	two

Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni (Arabic: عماد عبد الغني الصابوني) (born 1964 in Damascus) is the former Minister of Communications and Technology of Syria.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Early life, education and career

Sabouni was born in Damascus in 1964. He earned a Ph.D. degree from National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France. He also earned a degree in Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Télécommunications (Télécom Bretagne) in Brest, France.

• Director General of the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment, 2003–2006.
• Chairman of the Syrian Computer Society.
• Advisor to Minister of Communications and Technology.
• Participated in composing the dictionary of Computer Terms published by the Syrian Computer Society.
• Member of the Technical Committee on Using the Arabic Language in Information Technology's Syrian Secretariat.
• Participated in work teams at the Arab League, the International Telecommunication Union and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA).

Personal life

Sabouni is married and has two daughters.

See also

• Cabinet of Syria

References

• Minister of Communications and Technology Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni, SANA
• Biography of the new Syrian government 2011 - the names and lives of government ministers, Syria FM, 17 April 2011

External links

• Ministry of Communications and Technology official government website

Notes and References

1. http://www.moct.gov.sy/standards.php?b3A9bW9kbG9hZCZuYW1lPU5ld3MmZmlsZT1hcnRpY2xlJnNpZD0xMTI1ZW5kZW5kZW5kZW5kZW5k{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20120718.aspx Syria Designations; Non-proliferation Designations
3. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Emad-Abdul-Ghani-Sabouni Emad Abdul Ghani Sabouni: Latest News, Videos and Photos