Muhammad Naji al-Otari explained

Muhammad Naji al-Otari
Native Name Lang:ar
Office:Prime Minister of Syria
President:Bashar al-Assad
Deputy:Abdullah Dardari
Term Start:10 September 2003
Term End:14 April 2011
Predecessor:Muhammad Mustafa Mero
Successor:Adel Safar
Office1:Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria
Term Start1:9 March 2003
Term End1:18 September 2003
Predecessor1:Abdel Kader Kaddoura
Successor1:Mahmoud al-Abrash
Office2:Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
Term Start2:21 June 2000
Term End2:8 July 2013
Office3:Governor of Homs
Term Start3:1993
Term End3:2000
Predecessor3:Yahya Abu Asli
Successor3:Hossam al-Din al-Hakim
Birth Date:1 January 1944
Birth Place:Aleppo, First Syrian Republic
Party:Ba'ath Party
Otherparty:National Progressive Front
Cabinet:Al-Otari

Muhammad Naji al-Otari (Arabic: محمد ناجي عطري|translit=Muḥammad Nājī al-'Uṭrī, also Etri, Itri and Otri; born 1 January 1944)[1] is a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister of Syria from 2003 to 2011.[2]

Early life and education

Born in Aleppo in 1944, Otari studied architecture and has a diploma in urban planning from the Netherlands. He is fluent in French, English, and Spanish.[3]

Career

Otari headed the city council in Aleppo from 1983 to 1987 and is a former governor of Homs. He was president of Aleppo's engineering syndicate from 1989 to 1993. He is a long-serving member of the ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. In March 2000, he became a member of the Ba'ath 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 and he served in this post until 2003. He was elected speaker of the Syrian parliament, or People's Assembly, in March 2003.[4]

Prime Minister

He was first appointed Prime Minister on 10 September 2003. His nomination has been said to combine both "technocratic and Ba'athist trends" in Syrian politics.[3] On 29 March 2011, the entire cabinet resigned out of protest against the regime.[2] On 3 April 2011, President Assad appointed Adel Safar to succeed Otari.

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Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=syvx3CJcSl8C&dq=Muhammad+Naji+al-Otari+1+Januari+1944&pg=RA1-PA436 Profile of Muhammad Naji al-Otari
  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12897223 Syrian cabinet resigns amid unrest, says state TV
  3. News: Profile: Mohammed Naji al-Otari. 11 September 2003. BBC News.
  4. News: Mabardi. Roueida. Assad asks Otri to form new government. 10 February 2013. Middle East Online. 10 September 2003. Damascus. https://web.archive.org/web/20030920061937/https://middle-east-online.com/english/?id=6963. 20 September 2003.