Hassan al-Nouri ( ar, حسن النوري) (born September 2, 1960) is a Syrian politician who was a candidate for the
Syrian presidential election in June 2014.
Life and career
Nouri was born in
Damascus, and obtained a bachelor in Economics and Commerce from the
Damascus University
The University of Damascus ( ar, جَامِعَةُ دِمَشْقَ, ''Jāmi‘atu Dimashq'') is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus and has campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 through ...
in 1982, as well as a
PhD in General Management from
John F. Kennedy University in 1989. He was the Secretary of the Damascus Chamber of Industry from 1997 to 2000.
Nouri lost the 2014 election to
Bashar Al Assad
Bashar Hafez al-Assad, ', Levantine pronunciation: ; (, born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the 19th president of Syria, since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the S ...
, with 4.3% or 500,279 votes, according to
SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency).
References
1960 births
Living people
People from Damascus
20th-century Syrian politicians
21st-century Syrian politicians
Syrian ministers of administrative development
Damascus University alumni
John F. Kennedy University alumni
Members of the People's Assembly of Syria
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