Kenan Yaghi Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	HE
Profession:	Politician
Alma Mater:	Damascus University Ain Shams University The American University in Cairo University of Aleppo
Residence:	Damascus
Children:	2
Nationality:	Syrian
Birth Place:	Salamiyah, Hama Governorate, Syria
Kenan Yaghi كنان ياغي
Predecessor:	Maamoun Hamdan
Primeminister:	Hussein Arnous
President:	Bashar al-Assad
Term Start:	30 August 2020
Office:	Minister of Finance

Kenan Yaghi (Arabic: كنان ياغي) (born 1976) is a Syrian politician. He has been Finance Minister since 2020.^[1]

Life and education

• 1999-2001: Postgraduate Diploma in business administration from Aleppo University
• 2005: Master's degree in Finance from Ayn Shams University in Egypt, high diploma from the American University of Cairo in the establishment and Management of Investment portfolios, Business Management Degree from Aleppo University
• 2006-2015: Director of Department of Treasury, Director of Directorate of Banking Operations and Head of State Securities Management in Central Bank of Syria
• 2010: PhD in Business Administration, “Investment and Finance” from Damascus University^[2]
• 2015-2020: Deputy Executive Chairman of Damascus Securities Exchange

Career

Yaghi became Finance Minister in 2020, joining the First Hussein Arnous government.^[3]

He was reappointed in 2021, as part of the Second Hussein Arnous government.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-08-30. الرئيس السورى يعلن أسماء الحكومة الجديدة برئاسة حسين عرنوس - اليوم السابع. 2021-11-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20200830194338/https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/8/30/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3/4952684. 2020-08-30.
2. Web site: Prime Minister's Office . Prime Minister's Office – Syrian Arab News Agency . Sana.sy . 2021-10-21.
3. Web site: 2020-09-11. Challenges facing new names in the Syrian regime's ministries… Will they succeed?. 2021-11-27. Enab Baladi. en-US.
4. Web site: shazaa. 2021-08-14. Members of the new Cabinet, chaired by Eng. Hussein Arnous, sworn in before President Bashar al-Assad. 2021-11-27. Syrian Arab News Agency. en-US.