Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar () who serves as the Minister of Economy and Industry for

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 ...

since 29 March 2025 as part of the

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. He had previously served as Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade in the Adel Safar government.

Early life, education and career

Al-Shaar was born in the

Aleppo Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...

in 1956. He earned a B.A. degree from the Faculty of Economics at the

University of Aleppo University of Aleppo (, also called Aleppo University) is a public university located in Aleppo, Syria. It is the second largest university in Syria after the University of Damascus. During 2005–06, the university had over 61,000 undergraduate ...

in 1980, and a Ph.D. in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

from the

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. From 1996 to 2001 he was a professor in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Aleppo.

References

Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar
'' SANA''
Biography of the new Syrian government 2011 - the names and lives of government ministers
'' Syria FM'', 17 April 2011

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General Foreign Trade Organization
''official government website'' 1956 births Living people University of Aleppo alumni Academic staff of the University of Aleppo Ministers of economy of Syria Members of the People's Assembly of Syria Columbian College of Arts and Sciences alumni {{Syria-politician-stub

Early life, education and career

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