Wael Nader al-Halqi explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Wael Nader al-Halqi
Honorific-Suffix:MD
Native Name Lang:ar
Office:66th Prime Minister of Syria
President:Bashar al-Assad
Deputy:Fahd Jassem al-Freij
Walid Muallem
Term Start:9 August 2012
Term End:3 July 2016
Successor:Imad Khamis
Office1:Minister of Health
Term Start1:14 April 2011
Term End1:26 August 2012
Predecessor1:Rida Adnan Said
Successor1:Saad Abdel-Salam al-Nayef
Office2:Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Baath Party
Term Start2:8 July 2013
Term End2:3 July 2016
Birth Date:4 February 1964
Birth Place:Jasim, Daraa Governorate, Syria
Party:Ba'ath Party
Otherparty:National Progressive Front
Cabinet:al-Halqi I
al-Halqi II
Alma Mater:Damascus University

Wael Nader Al-Halqi (Arabic: وائل نادر الحلقي|Wāʾil Nādir al-Ḥalqī; born 4 February 1964) is a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister of Syria from 2012 to 2016.[1] Previously he was Minister of Health from 2011 to 2012. He was appointed as Prime Minister on 9 August 2012.

Early life and education

Halqi was born in Jasim in the Daraa Governorate on 4 February 1964 into a Sunni Muslim family.[2] [3] He earned a degree in medicine (MD) from the University of Damascus in 1987 and a master's degree in gynaecology and obstetrics again from the University of Damascus in 1991.

Career

Halqi served as director of primary health care in Jasim from 1997 to 2000 and was secretary of the Daraa branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party from 2000 to 2004.[4] He served as the director of health in Daraa, and in 2010, was appointed head of Syria's doctors.[4] He was appointed as Prime Minister of Syria on 9 August 2012 by President Bashar Assad, after his predecessor Riyad Farid Hijab fled to Jordan and declared his allegiance to the Syrian opposition.[5]

Attempted assassination

In April 2013, Halqi survived an apparent assassination attempt by car bombing in the Mezzeh district of Damascus.[6] [7] The assassination attempt killed six people.[8]

Personal life

Dr al-Halqi is married and has four children,[4] one daughter and three sons.

See also

References

9. "Wael al Halqi asked to form a government" SANA

Notes and References

  1. News: Syrian prime minister to visit Iran. 9 January 2013. Tehran Times. 24 January 2013. 16 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130616053930/http://www.tehrantimes.com/politics/104767-syrian-prime-minister-to-visit-iran. dead.
  2. News: Assad appoints health minister Wael al-Halki as new PM. 1 March 2013. Mpelembe. 9 August 2012. Reuters. Damascus.
  3. Web site: Syria's Assad appoints new prime minister. 9 August 2012. 22 May 2013. Al Jazeera.
  4. News: Tamayo. Carolina. Syria's Assad appoints new PM after defection. 1 March 2013. NTN 24. 9 August 2012. 17 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200317102303/https://www.ntn24.com/news/news/syrias-assad-appoints-new-pm-a-15963. dead.
  5. News: Syria's Assad appoints new prime minister. 1 March 2013. Al Jazeera. 9 August 2012.
  6. Web site: Syria crisis: PM Halaqi 'survives Damascus car bombing'. 29 April 2013. 29 April 2013. BBC News.
  7. Web site: Syria crisis: PM 'survives' Damascus bomb attack - live updates. Matthew Weaver. The Guardian. 29 April 2013. 29 April 2013.
  8. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/six-die-but-syrian-prime-minister-wael-alhalki-survives-bomb-attack-on-convoy-in-damascus-8594193.html Six die but Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halki survives bomb attack on convoy in Damascus