Hisham Al Shaar (born 1958) is a Syrian judge and politician who served as the
justice minister
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
between 2017 and 2020.
Biography
Al Shaar was born in
Damascus
Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...
in 1958.
He is a judge by profession. As of 2014 he was chief of the Syrian Higher Judicial Committee for Elections. In a cabinet reshuffle dated March 2017 he was appointed justice minister replacing
Najm Hamad Al Ahmad in the post. Al Shaar is one of the Syrian politicians who were sanctioned by the European Union in 2017 and 2020.
References
1958 births
Living people
Syrian jurists
Politicians from Damascus
Ministers of justice of Syria
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