Order: | Prime Minister of Syria |
Term Start2: | 22 December 1961 |
Term End2: | 28 March 1962 |
Predecessor2: | Izzat al-Nuss |
Successor2: | Bashir al-Azma |
Term Start1: | 28 November 1951 |
Term End1: | 29 November 1951 |
Predecessor1: | Zaki al-Khatib |
Successor1: | Fawzi al-Silu |
Office3: | Speaker of the Parliament of Syria |
Term Start3: | 23 June |
Term End3: | 30 September 1951 |
Successor3: | Rushdi al-Kikhya |
Predecessor3: | Nazim al-Kudsi |
Birth Date: | 29 March 1909 |
Birth Place: | Aleppo, Ottoman Syria, Ottoman Empire |
Death Place: | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Alma Mater: | University of Damascus, Sorbonne University |
Party: | People's Party and the Muslim Brotherhood |
Maarouf al-Dawalibi (Arabic: معروف الدواليبي|Maʿrūf al-Dawālībī; 29 March 1909 - 15 January 2004), was a Syrian politician and was twice the prime minister of Syria. He was born in Aleppo, and held a Ph.D. in Law. He served as a minister of economy between 1949 and 1950, and was elected speaker of the parliament in 1951. He also served as minister of defense in 1954.[1] After the Ba'ath party came to power in 1963, he was imprisoned and later exiled, serving as an adviser to several Saudi kings, including King Khalid.[2] His son, Nofal al-Dawalibi, is involved in the Syrian Opposition.
Maarouf al-Dawalibi was born in Aleppo.[3] He received his early education in Aleppo and graduated from the University of Damascus with a B.A. in Law. He did his doctoral studies at the Sorbonne University on the Roman Law.[3]
al-Dawalibi became a professor at the University of Damacus and authored al-Huqūq al-Rūmāniyah, which was later published by the university. When the university set up Faculty of the Shariah, he was appointed to teach the principles of Fiqh.[3] He authored Madkhal ilā ʻilm uṣūl al-fiqh, a book that is taught in the seminaries affiliated with the Nadwatul Ulama.[3]