Maher Jamal is a

Syrian Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend ...

engineer and politician who served as oil minister of

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

between 1996 and 2001.

Career

Jamal is an oil engineer by profession. He served as chairman of al Furat Petroleum Cooperation from January to July 1996. He was appointed minister of petroleum and mineral resources in a cabinet reshuffle on 3 July 1996. Jamal replaced Nader Nabulsi as oil minister in the cabinet led by Mahmoud Zuabi. Jamal continued to serve as oil minister in the next cabinet headed by Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa Mero, which was formed on 13 March 2000. Jamal's tenure lasted until December 2001 when he was replaced by

Ibrahim Haddad Ibrahim Haddad () (born 1938) is a Syrian politician who served as minister of oil and mineral reserves from December 2001 to February 2006. Early life and education Haddad was born into a Christian family in Ain Ghara Tal Kalakh, Homs Governora ...

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